There's a funny concept called the SEP field (Somebody else's problem) from The Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy: https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Somebody_E

There's a funny concept called the SEP field (Somebody else's problem) from The Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy: https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Somebody_Else%27s_Problem_Field https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Somebody_Else%27s_Proble... We could conceive of a device that would function similarly, like a "Recording device avoidance" or "improbably inconvenient timing" field.