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There are literally dozens of sites you can buy cell jammers from, pay with PayPal and get it in the mail a few weeks later. The mail is really not checked for

There are literally dozens of sites you can buy cell jammers from, pay with PayPal and get it in the mail a few weeks later. The mail is really not checked for this kind of violation very often. Who are you going to sue if I order a cell jammer from a China or Hong Kong based company and your own governmental postal service delivers it to me? How about if it's just a crappy or malfunctioning device that leaks and I have no knowledge of it? It's a very difficult thing to police... almost approaching war on drugs territory.

throwanem 10y ago
> Who are you going to sue if I order a cell jammer from a China or Hong Kong based company and your own governmental postal service delivers it to me? Nobody, but you might go to prison: https://www.fcc.gov/general/jamming-cell-phones-and-gps-equipment-against-law https://www.fcc.gov/general/jamming-cell-phones-and-gps-equi...
GrumpyYoungMan 10y ago
The fine and jail time apply to the person operating the jammer. By the way, these "dozens of sites" are all too happy to turn over purchase records to law enforcement if asked. As for "it's a very difficult thing to police", a jammer is a transmitter, one that's powerful enough to drown out the signals it's designed to jam. Turning one on is like turning on a giant flashing billboard saying "ARREST ME" over your head; it's easy to follow the jamming signal back to the source with the right equipment, which, of course, the FCC and similar agencies have plenty of. Want some examples? "FCC Proposes $29K Fine For Employer That Jammed Employee Cell Phones" https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-proposes-29k-fine-employer-jammed-employee-cell-phones https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-proposes-29k-fine-employer-... "Florida Man Gets $48K Fine From FCC For Using Cell Phone Jammer" http://www.techtimes.com/articles/161146/20160526/florida-man-gets-48k-fine-from-fcc-for-using-cell-phone-jammer.htm http://www.techtimes.com/articles/161146/20160526/florida-ma... "FCC Fines Operator of GPS Jammer That Affected Newark Airport GBAS" http://www.insidegnss.com/node/3676 http://www.insidegnss.com/node/3676 "Man arrested for allegedly using cell phone jammer on train" http://www.cnet.com/news/man-arrested-for-allegedly-using-cell-phone-jammer-on-train/ http://www.cnet.com/news/man-arrested-for-allegedly-using-ce...
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throwanem 10y ago

> Who are you going to sue if I order a cell jammer from a China or Hong Kong based company and your own governmental postal service delivers it to me? Nobody, but you might go to prison: https://www.fcc.gov/general/jamming-cell-phones-and-gps-equipment-against-law https://www.fcc.gov/general/jamming-cell-phones-and-gps-equi...

GrumpyYoungMan 10y ago

The fine and jail time apply to the person operating the jammer. By the way, these "dozens of sites" are all too happy to turn over purchase records to law enforcement if asked. As for "it's a very difficult thing to police", a jammer is a transmitter, one that's powerful enough to drown out the signals it's designed to jam. Turning one on is like turning on a giant flashing billboard saying "ARREST ME" over your head; it's easy to follow the jamming signal back to the source with the right equipment, which, of course, the FCC and similar agencies have plenty of. Want some examples? "FCC Proposes $29K Fine For Employer That Jammed Employee Cell Phones" https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-proposes-29k-fine-employer-jammed-employee-cell-phones https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-proposes-29k-fine-employer-... "Florida Man Gets $48K Fine From FCC For Using Cell Phone Jammer" http://www.techtimes.com/articles/161146/20160526/florida-man-gets-48k-fine-from-fcc-for-using-cell-phone-jammer.htm http://www.techtimes.com/articles/161146/20160526/florida-ma... "FCC Fines Operator of GPS Jammer That Affected Newark Airport GBAS" http://www.insidegnss.com/node/3676 http://www.insidegnss.com/node/3676 "Man arrested for allegedly using cell phone jammer on train" http://www.cnet.com/news/man-arrested-for-allegedly-using-cell-phone-jammer-on-train/ http://www.cnet.com/news/man-arrested-for-allegedly-using-ce...

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