Technology risk without safeguards

Max Harmony maxh at maxh.me.uk
Thu Nov 5 03:06:19 UTC 2020


On 04 Nov 2020, at 19.54, Sabri Berisha <sabri at cluecentral.net> wrote:
> RF emissions are absorbed by the human body. Your kitchen microwave works at
> the same frequency as your 2.4Ghz wifi. We all know it's a bad idea to put your
> head in a microwave oven.

It's a bad idea because you'll get burns. EM radiation isn't some sort of covert superweapon where by the time you get cancer, the attacker is long gone. The potential harm is getting burned. As I'm sure everyone is aware, burns are painful, so you'll know right away.


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