Is your neighbor leeching off your Wi-Fi connection and stealing your bandwidth? A company called EM-SEC Technologies claims to have tested a new paint that BLOCKS WI-FI SIGNALS.
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Yeah, OR you could just enable a little wireless security, duh.
I think it is a bit more than that - WiFi, that is.
Having worked part-time for a computer company that built specially shielded computers for various government agencies I know anyone with the right equipment can sit in a prked car near your home and see everything that appears on your monitor. I shall assume the paint (which isn't really a new product) is but one more level of protection against that sort of thing happening.
WiFi is the big thing now, so the ad boys are capitalizing on it.
Yup, one more layer to deal with, as it stands now with some freeware and instructions on the internet it'll take less than 30 minutes for a noob to crack a secured wireless, get a pro and they'll crack it in less then 10 minutes.
Cracking WEP and WPA now a days are like cake to hackers. As a workaround I would suggest setting up your own personal DMZ. It is not a free solution but it should protect your internal network from intrusion even if the hackers do manage to crack your WAP.
http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/dmz.html
It's not just about security.
Microwave radiations MAY be dangerous (I think it is not proven yet) and unless you leave in a Faraday cage you are daily exposed to your neighboor's WiFi's microwave.
This paint could be not only a security a solution but also one which could decrease your exposure to the microwaves.
About Wi-FI security, juste enable WPA AES with a key rotation and don't stream you ESSID. You should be fine ;)
Yeah but you guys are all missing one crucial point. If it blocks RF then cell phones wouldn't work either. I know that is a huge drawback for me.
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