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April 11, 2008 2:57 AM PDT

How to surreptitiously silence the loud talkers

by Mike Yamamoto
(Credit: Techgadgetz)

Having gone a full 24 hours since we last complained about obnoxious loud-talkers on their Bluetooth headsets, we're feeling a pent-up need to vent. But instead, we may have found a way to exact delicious revenge instead.

Red Ferret has ferreted out the "T-1000 Cell Phone Jammer," which does exactly what its name indicates: This devilish device promises to surreptitiously "silence every other mobile phone in a 10-foot vicinity for up to an hour," kind of like a cellular version of the "Best Net Guard" for the computer or the "TV-B-Gone" for the telly.

And why does it look like a mobile handset? Simple. So you can pull it out and pretend to be talking while shutting everyone else down.

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by WhyFi April 11, 2008 3:56 AM PDT
And what does the FCC think about this?
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by luigi517 April 11, 2008 8:13 AM PDT
oh the fcc doesn't like it at all in fact they call it a felony i believe...yet no one gives a rats @$$ :)
by hawkeyeaz1 April 11, 2008 10:02 AM PDT
Why not have the device scan for bluetooth devices, and spoof the device ID, and send a high picthed tone (to both talkers), or a message "you are rude". That might even be a little more legal. It just won't work when people don't use bluetooth (not too common today).
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by shawnAllenLott April 14, 2008 3:26 AM PDT
This should so not be legal. What if it prevents people from making emergency calls?
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by smkatz April 19, 2008 8:39 PM PDT
It isn't legal in the United States, and CNET should make a note of that. This is a US blog.

--Sam
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