Affordable WiFi Blocking Wallpaper Revealed

CommanderFrank

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For all of you out there in the tin-foil-hat-brigade, a new product from researchers in France have developed a fairly low cost solution to blocking your leaking WiFi network to a snooping outside world.

The catch is that to obtain full WiFi signal blocking, a user would have to cover pretty much all of a home's walls, roof and floors in order to prevent any signals from leaking out.
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They also sell lead paint that will do something similar, but I'm guessing this stuff is cheaper. The hospital I used to work at had lead paint for most of the walls to prevent issues with medical equipment.

They also complained about the wireless sucking all the time. :p
 
Red Squirrel said:
They also sell lead paint that will do something similar, but I'm guessing this stuff is cheaper. The hospital I used to work at had lead paint for most of the walls to prevent issues with medical equipment.
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Was it really for the purpose? Or was it just old white paint that had lead in it like any home older than about 20-30 years has
 
sfsuphysics said:
Was it really for the purpose? Or was it just old white paint that had lead in it like any home older than about 20-30 years has
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Pretty sure it was for the purpose. I don't think the old style lead paint actually had enough lead in it. I don't know much about it, I just remember them talking about painting the OR rooms with it. Maybe it was not lead either, but something else, but I'm pretty sure they did say lead.
 
MajorDomo said:
For all of you out there in the tin-foil-hat-brigade, a new product from researchers in France have developed a fairly low cost solution to blocking your leaking WiFi network to a snooping outside world.
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So.........I shouldn't be setting my house up like this @ 1:04?

My house was built in the 20's anyway........plenty of lead paint coverage.
 
Does it block? or reflect? If it reflects, does that mean you in-house wifi has better potential to reach the secluded areas of your house?
 
If you're afraid of WiFi leakage, you have two very good options already:

1) Properly secure your network.
2) Don't use WiFi and hard wire everything instead.
 
This makes more sense for people who claim to be sensitive to wi-fi rather than keeping your signal secure.
 
sfsuphysics said:
Was it really for the purpose? Or was it just old white paint that had lead in it like any home older than about 20-30 years has
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1978 was the year lead paint got the hammer. And it certainly didn't have anough lead to interfere with WiFi.
 
Phoenix333 said:
If you're afraid of WiFi leakage, you have two very good options already:

1) Properly secure your network.
2) Don't use WiFi and hard wire everything instead.
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Bingo, Pull the antenna and turn it OFF, no more freeloaders
 
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