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This looks to be a bit more serious piece of hardware than what you can get on Alibaba. How does this stuff makes it to the USA?

istingray 5y ago
There are hundreds of 5G jammers listed on Alibaba: https://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?fsb=y&IndexArea=product_en&CatId=&SearchText=5g+%22jammer%22&viewtype=&tab= https://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?fsb=y&IndexArea=product...
- baybal2 5y ago
  I stand corrected now. I seen small portable jammers on Alibaba years ago, but so far nothings like I've seen in the link you gave.
lbotos 5y ago
You do realize that you can order all kinds of things on Alibaba? Or even, just from the internet? I was importing small PCBs and components from china when I was 15. Most of the time the seller would write "gift" on the package. If the seller writes "wifi router" on the box, is customs gonna doubt it? Sure, one in every X should be getting checked by whatever department looks out for "dangerous electronics" but it's easier than you think. If no american is shipping boats of these into ports to sell, I doubt customs even looked at this person's small box with one device in it.
- baybal2 5y ago
  Well, there were literally the uranium enrichment centrifuges there one day 10 years ago, the page for which I seen myself. Though they since cracked down on many things
  - swader999 5y ago
    Yeah but they were only three stars.
- sidewndr46 5y ago
  The other common thing is to label it "test equipment".
Teever 5y ago
In crumpled cardboard boxes liberally wrapped in that distinct yellow tape commonly seen on packages from sites like alibaba and banggood.
wlesieutre 5y ago
Parent comment's linked page has a link to Banggood which no longer works, but presumably it did at one point. I've bought from there myself with shipping to the US, and I doubt every package gets inspected at customs. Among other things they sell a lot of 3d printing and electronics stuff.

istingray 5y ago

There are hundreds of 5G jammers listed on Alibaba: https://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?fsb=y&IndexArea=product_en&CatId=&SearchText=5g+%22jammer%22&viewtype=&tab= https://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?fsb=y&IndexArea=product...

baybal2 5y ago
I stand corrected now. I seen small portable jammers on Alibaba years ago, but so far nothings like I've seen in the link you gave.

lbotos 5y ago

You do realize that you can order all kinds of things on Alibaba? Or even, just from the internet? I was importing small PCBs and components from china when I was 15. Most of the time the seller would write "gift" on the package. If the seller writes "wifi router" on the box, is customs gonna doubt it? Sure, one in every X should be getting checked by whatever department looks out for "dangerous electronics" but it's easier than you think. If no american is shipping boats of these into ports to sell, I doubt customs even looked at this person's small box with one device in it.

baybal2 5y ago
Well, there were literally the uranium enrichment centrifuges there one day 10 years ago, the page for which I seen myself. Though they since cracked down on many things
- swader999 5y ago
  Yeah but they were only three stars.
sidewndr46 5y ago
The other common thing is to label it "test equipment".

Teever 5y ago

In crumpled cardboard boxes liberally wrapped in that distinct yellow tape commonly seen on packages from sites like alibaba and banggood.

wlesieutre 5y ago

Parent comment's linked page has a link to Banggood which no longer works, but presumably it did at one point. I've bought from there myself with shipping to the US, and I doubt every package gets inspected at customs. Among other things they sell a lot of 3d printing and electronics stuff.