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Aluminum Foil Hats Will Not Stop "Them"

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the time-to-switch-to-a-poly-carbon-blend dept.

Otter writes "A study at MIT has found that aluminum foil headwear ("Among a fringe community of paranoids..the protective measure of choice against invasive radio signals") actually amplifies certain frequency bands allocated to the US government, as well as a mobile phone range, and is largely ineffective through the rest of the radio spectrum. But we can we trust the study, or are They controlling the researchers?"

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  1. This is the kind of info I come to Slashdot for! by mdman · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Now, this is the type of information we all come to slashdot for.....

  2. Re:An interesting thing by flyinwhitey · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The seemingly displaced voices in their head. Seriously.

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  3. Re:Now I'm scared by uncoveror · · Score: 4, Insightful

    People will refer to aluminum foil as tin foil, but they are not the same. Make sure you get the real McCoy. The Uncoveror reported thisquite some time ago. Tin foil hats work. Aluminum foil hats do not.

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  4. Re:Now I'm scared by ScrewMaster · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, one positive aspect may be an increase in the number of Darwin Award winners and runners-up.

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