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Comment by lulzury

1 month ago

Does wrapping their modem in foil work at defeating this thing in any meaningful way? I have my own router.

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transpute  1 month ago

ISP routers should have an admin option to disable WiFi.

Grounded fine copper mesh can attenuate RF and maintain cooling.

sneak  1 month ago

Probably. Even better would be opening it up and grounding the antenna.

tzs  1 month ago

Easier is to simply not enable this feature if you don't want to use it.

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