Do Faraday Bags Really Work?

[Jonn]

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[All-Rounder]

 

[Forest Cat]

I have one for phones and it seems to work fine. I think those bags are a better invention than the phones.

 

[Ella Spell]

What is it?

 

[Outdated]

I had never heard of such a thing before although I instantly recognised the name Faraday and knew what it must be about. I did a bit of a quick search to find out why people would want such a thing and this strikes me as being a very honest comment:

"Faraday bags are effective, but they can be compromised. If the bag develops holes or the material wears out, it can start allowing signals through. Some Faraday bags simply aren't any good out of the box."

 

[Outdated]

What is it?

It blocks radio signals. Put your phone in the bag and as far as networks are concerned that phone no longer exists.

 

[Ella Spell]

Why would that be needed if you weren’t a spy?

 

[Outdated]

Why would that be needed if you weren’t a spy?

I'm still not really sure either. If you're that paranoid you could always just pull the battery out of your phone. It makes slighly more sense for usb memory sticks as they can be corrupted if they pass too close to a strong signal.

Also these days you can buy a little metal shield to put in your wallet behind your credit card. Because of the convenient tap to pay ability of the card it's easy enough for someone to walk through a dense crowd with a hand held scanner scanning people's back pockets.

 

[Forest Cat]

Why would that be needed if you weren’t a spy?

These days people can connect to or scan your phone just by being in the same room/area. There's so much scamming and hacking and crap. And it's only getting worse. So I sometimes keep my phone in one of those bags, it blocks everything. It costs $30 on Amazon.

And of course when I'm out spying it's a must-have.

 

[Outdated]

And of course when I'm out spying it's a must-have.

Many years ago in Melbourne I used to like going to a restaurant and bar that ran a signal jammer. As soon as you walked through the door your phone was dead.

 

[Ella Spell]

I don’t have anything worth hacking on my phone.

 

[Forest Cat]

I don’t have anything worth hacking on my phone.

Me neither but there's identify theft, phone cloning and finacial fraud and lots of things to be aware of. Better safe than sorry.

 

[Forest Cat]

Many years ago in Melbourne I used to like going to a restaurant and bar that ran a signal jammer. As soon as you walked through the door your phone was dead.

I wished for one of those jammers for Christmas last year, for my house.

 

[Judge]

"Faraday bags are effective, but they can be compromised. If the bag develops holes or the material wears out, it can start allowing signals through. Some Faraday bags simply aren't any good out of the box."

That was always my experience with a number of them. They lasted only so long before they were no longer viable. Though I still keep my car's fob inside an unused microwave whenever I come home. Effectively blocks off all signals going in any direction that car thieves can potentially intercept.

 

[Ella Spell]

I don’t have banking info or GPS tracking / location data, Apple ID, and I’ve never used Siri.

My phone is for phone calls.

I don’t even keep contacts on it.

 

[Ella Spell]

I have a landline and usually use that.

 

[Luca]

If anyone gets a hold of my phone, all they’re going to find is thousands and thousands of dog photos and out of context text messages. I don’t have Apple Pay set up or anything and I don’t even have music or Siri. My primary email account isn’t even connected to it.
Not much to see here lol

 

[Ella Spell]

same

Just add cats

 

[Luca]

And my music is on an actual iPod lol, forgot to add that.

 

[Forest Cat]

I don’t have banking info or GPS tracking / location data, Apple ID, and I’ve never used Siri.

My phone is for phone calls.

I don’t even keep contacts on it.

I don't have those things either, although I'm not sure about the GPS/location data. What stops the phone manufacturers or companies from always tracking phones no matter what we turn on or off. I'm just cautious because there is so much tech crap and scamming going on these days and those bags are a simple way of making sure my phone is off-limits.