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Huh... I had always imagined SCIFs were like faraday cages, so a cell phone wouldn't be able to send or receive any signals.
by ModernMech 1y ago
Huh... I had always imagined SCIFs were like faraday cages, so a cell phone wouldn't be able to send or receive any signals.
- derektank 1y agoThat would be prohibitively expensive in most cases.
- sam_lowry_ 1y agoO'rly? These are not only Faraday cages, but they also actively transmit noise. It's open information since the 70-ies. A mobile phone will not work inside.
- mcswell 1y ago(OP here) I kid you not, the person whose phone went off inside the SCIF was holding his phone next to a window, complaining about the poor signal. He was some kind of scientist or engineer who had been given a clearance as an "expert" adviser to listen to and grade presentations by people like me. I'm sure he didn't usually work in a SCIF--this might have been his first (and probably last) time inside one.