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A Macbook is essentially a Faraday cage so that should protect against this. I guess another way of seeing it is that a Macbook is a large chunk of antenna whi
by callesgg 11y ago
A Macbook is essentially a Faraday cage so that should protect against this.
I guess another way of seeing it is that a Macbook is a large chunk of antenna which would be quite bad.
Don't know.
- fpgaminer 11y agoHaving been through FCC testing, I can confidently say that the MacBook's case, and really any metal, consumer computer case, will do very little to help. EM radiation will leak through any gaps you have in that metal, and leak out any cables you have plugged into the machine that aren't also caged. For example: the power cable, USB cables, display cable, etc. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to crawl into a ball and cry away the FCC testing tears.
- trimble-alum 11y agoOh the joys of copper mesh Faraday cage rooms. (Did some 900 MHz and 2.4 GHz industrial packet radio work.)
- effie 11y agoI was recently surprised by a claim on some website that in order to shield the inside from EM interference, the cage would need to be grounded, otherwise it may enhance the interference. Is that true? I would expect grounding to be necessary only for preventing the cage from acting like an antenna for the equipment inside, but the shielding effect should work regardless of grounding... could you share some of your experience with those cage rooms?
- nickpsecurity 11y agoGene Hackman's "office" in Enemy of the State seems more useful all the time. :)