Gran spends £4000 on "Anti-wifi" paint

[Hooli]

DrDoofenshmirtz said:

I assume this condition started at the dawn of wireless communication, the late 1800's then?

Earlier obviously, about the big bang I'd say as that's when background radiation appeared first.

[rpguk]

So will this paint actually work then? In terms of blocking external signals.

[J4CKO]

rpguk said:

So will this paint actually work then? In terms of blocking external signals.

I think my house must already have it judging by the wifi signal I get upstairs.

If it was not WiFi they would find something else that precludes them from leaving their house.

[gwm]

My new neighbour claims our Wifi router gives him heart palpatations. Apparently the previous tenants would turn theirs off when not in use to try minimise the effects in him.

Trying to play nice I entertained his ramblings for 10 minutes and said we could look into it. He even had the wall on his side lined with (supermarket special) tin foil to "block the signals". Quite why anyone would live in the City Centre if they genuinely believed they were being affected by wifi signals...

But, got to be careful with these nutters. They'll see it as perfectly reasonable to trash my Sky dish or such like.

[Pixelpeep7r]

blocking or jamming of signals is illegal in the UK i thought?

Could be considered a denial of service 'attack'

[Blaster72]

How does your neighbour know its your router thats giving him problems?

[barwea]

Or just set your router so that the ssid is not broadcasting and tell him you've turned it off. Bet he feels better all of a sudden

[Morningside]

So has she done the floors, doors, windows? I mean, its hardly a faraday cage is it?

Anyhow, I bet 50p she has Sky TV and a microwave oven.

[kev1974]

Blaster72 said:

How does your neighbour know its your router thats giving him problems?

The SSID is set to rays_of_DEATH_coming_4U

[RizzoTheRat]

Morningside said:

So has she done the floors, doors, windows? I mean, its hardly a faraday cage is it?

I think my house is, the door frames are all metal and all the internal walls are solid with metal mesh attached to hold the plaster. Wifi signal's rubbish anywhere except in the lounge with line of sight to the router

[caiss4]

kev1974 said:

Blaster72 said:

How does your neighbour know its your router thats giving him problems?

The SSID is set to rays_of_DEATH_coming_4U

[Samcat]

caiss4 said:

kev1974 said:

Blaster72 said:

How does your neighbour know its your router thats giving him problems?

The SSID is set to rays_of_DEATH_coming_4U

Have another, just had a coffee / keyboard moment

[Otispunkmeyer]

Mutley said:

Apparently suffers from electro sensitivity, so has paid to have the house repainted in 'ray-repellent' paint to block signals But I note not covered the windows, so the signals can still get in

www.theargus.co.uk/news/11547439.Gran_spends_nearl...

You can get EMI shield mesh from OpticalFilters

http://www.opticalfilters.co.uk/emiclare-sigma.htm...

They use it on screens in ATC and in aircraft. From a distance it might just appear like you have slightly tinted windows. Still when I bought some for screening an enclosure, you have to fanny around trying to ground it, it cost £400 for a roll and it wasn't particularly good anyway!

Though I was trying to suppress EMI radiation from quite powerful spark discharges.

[gwm]

Blaster72 said:

How does your neighbour know its your router thats giving him problems?

Something about his bedroom being on the opposite wall to the router location, where the previous tenants had it as well.

barwea said:

Or just set your router so that the ssid is not broadcasting and tell him you've turned it off. Bet he feels better all of a sudden

We're pretty much just ignoring him now. The missus spoke to him once after my exchange where I entertained his lunancy, and she said something along the lines of "well we need wifi so you'll need to do something"

Morningside said:

So has she done the floors, doors, windows? I mean, its hardly a faraday cage is it?

Anyhow, I bet 50p she has Sky TV and a microwave oven.

These folk are proper eco mentalists, no TV, internet, evil microwave generators, etc. How they can live in a city is beyond me.

[Oakey]

What, not even electricity?

[McWigglebum4th]

if a treehugger

tell him it is off

how would he know?

[three five five]

I work as a street lighting engineer. Some time ago we received a complaint from a resident who claimed that putting a lantern near his house would give his daughter cancer...

WTF

[Bodo]

I remember some years ago, a cellphone carrier erected a transmission antenna on the edge of a neighbourhood. People in the neighbourhood protested before; and a year after the work was completed went to court claiming all sorts of medical conditions blaming the new cell antenna.

The cell network company gave evidence that they have yet not put that antenna into operation, and obviously went away without constraints, and switched the antenna on

[austinsmirk]

I've dealt with some of these nutters in my profession

The amusing but being how they can't be near computers, wi fi, net, mobile phones.

Irony being they're emailing you it phoning you from a mobile.

[AC43]

rpguk said:

So will this paint actually work then? In terms of blocking external signals.

Yes, but apparently the fumes can be fatal to certain people.