Faraday Cage Shielding

Commenters overwhelmingly suggest using Faraday cages, such as tin foil wraps, RF bags, or room enclosures, to block electromagnetic signals and mitigate vulnerabilities in devices.

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Sample Comments

luis8 • Mar 14, 2025 • View on HN

a faraday cage should do the trick

VikingCoder • May 3, 2014 • View on HN

How about if I store it in a faraday cage?

cautious_int • Aug 14, 2015 • View on HN

Why not put it into a Faraday cage?

jart • Mar 9, 2021 • View on HN

Faraday cage can do something about it.

evilsocket • Apr 2, 2016 • View on HN

never heard about faraday cages?

ghayes • Apr 7, 2023 • View on HN

Simple, just put it in a Faraday cage.

pwned1 • Sep 27, 2018 • View on HN

Would just putting the device in a little faraday cage mitigate this?

zhemao • Aug 14, 2013 • View on HN

Just put a Faraday cage around it by wrapping it in tin foil.

Gud • Jul 12, 2024 • View on HN

can always cover the walls and make it a Faraday cage?

victor9000 • Dec 5, 2018 • View on HN

Just put them in a Faraday cage, problem solved.