09-17-2003, 11:00 AM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2006
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It's Like Kryptonite For Your Devices
Are you concerned about whether your always-on wireless devices are communicating with other wireless systems without your knowledge? Do you want greater control over when your wireless devices transmit or receive signals? If so, then the Mobile Cloak (mCloak) is for you.
"mCloak is a simple method of making your wireless stuff invisible to any other wireless stuff or signal that would want to communicate with it. New "always on" devices have limited or no control. With mCloak you have control over when and where your wireless products can transmit or receive signals."
I'm not sure I buy into all the worry about privacy and location sensing that drives the use of products like this. But I guess if these things concern you, then maybe you'll want to keep your pager or mobile phone in one of these when you want a bit more anonymity.
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09-17-2003, 11:35 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Ummm this seems a little silly to me.
1) Seriously, how many devices can't be turned off if even if you can't turn off wireless acees by itself? If it's in a pocket and banned from external contact, it'd might as well be off.
2) Makes mobiles a bit pointless. At best you'd have to carry two cases - one for when you want to be available, one for when you don't.
Sorry, but I can't see anyone buying this apart from the tinfoil hat brigade. 0X
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09-17-2003, 12:09 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 541
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And the SUBJECT is definately wrong!
It should read like a lead box for your devices, or treat your device like kryponite...
Seams like a pretty useless product to me, better to sell it as a PDA/Phone/Film protector from airport X-ray machines (if it's made out of the right stuff), otherwise...
:boohoo:
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09-17-2003, 01:43 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Aug 2006
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This is actually quite a good idea.
Police to track mobile phone users AND you can do it too. This product is available to consumers already, and the advertising goes: Track your kids or spouse without them knowing!
Most mobile phones have not got a hard on and off switch, and the police have made statements in kidnap cases that they can trace mobile phones that have been switched of. May not be true now, but there is no reason a phone could not call the base station every few hours without lighting up the screen. And its not really convenient to remove the batteries from most devices. Even pocketpc's with e.g. bluetooth are not really off when suspended, and obviously the processor is still active (else you would not get any alarms etc).
These days we get less and less control of our devices, so something like this is very appropriate, especially with closed source products like most pda's and all phones.
Anyways, I would not dismiss this product completely (unlike the pants that supposed to protect your family jewels from phone radiation :lol: )
Surur
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09-17-2003, 02:06 PM
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Philosopher
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Originally Posted by Surur
Anyways, I would not dismiss this product completely (unlike the pants that supposed to protect your family jewels from phone radiation :lol: )
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:multi: Now what am I supposed to do with my seven pairs of these suckers! :shocked!:
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09-17-2003, 02:25 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Originally Posted by Surur
Most mobile phones have not got a hard on and off switch, and the police have made statements in kidnap cases that they can trace mobile phones that have been switched of. May not be true now, but there is no reason a phone could not call the base station every few hours without lighting up the screen. And its not really convenient to remove the batteries from most devices. Even pocketpc's with e.g. bluetooth are not really off when suspended, and obviously the processor is still active (else you would not get any alarms etc).
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This is a bunch of crap. All mobile phones I know off (Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Siemens, Samsung, etc.) have a hard key that switches them off. And there's no bloody way anyone can trace a brick that doesn't communicate with anything.
This is a neat conspiracy theory, but it simply doesn't hold water. As for PocketPC's - when you switch WiFi or BT off, it is off - there's no middle ground (even if the device is still powered on).
Will anyone buy this kind of product? Sure. Paranoid people that do not know enough about the technology they use is a good example. Stupid people is another. I'm sure there's more. But no-one in their right might that knows at least a little about physics and technology in general is going to fall for that. It's a bit like PocketPC antivirus software - neat, but useless.
Just my $.02
Cheers,
Rok
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09-17-2003, 02:35 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Talk about stealth technology brought to the consumer market! :robot:
I wonder how one could actually test the effectiveness of such carrying case... included their use as protective pants! :rotfl:
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09-17-2003, 03:00 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jan 2003
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If someone doesn't have the time to turn off a device they don't want on, then I doubt they will take the time to get out there stealth case and put it in there every time either, IMHO. lol
Brad
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09-17-2003, 03:20 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jul 2003
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I am sure the thousands, if not millions of people that bought "THE INTERNAL ANTENNA" and PENIS EXTENSION PILLS, will snap these up in a jiffy.... where can I buy stock in this company? 8)
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09-17-2003, 04:17 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by cybrwulf
I am sure the thousands, if not millions of people that bought "THE INTERNAL ANTENNA" and PENIS EXTENSION PILLS, will snap these up in a jiffy.... where can I buy stock in this company? 8)
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I get about three SPAM messages a day trying to sell me these #$%@ PENIS EXTENSION PILLS. Maybe they know something that I dont'...
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