Pulling apart a £339 anti-5G USB stick
If you think this is just bunk, and you'd like a laugh, read the FAQs on the website [1]...
My favourite:
>Does the device remove the EMF from the environment? If so can I use a meter to measure EMF?
>>The 'electro magnetic meter' can only measure the intensity of radiation which is not changed by our technology nor does it change the quality of connection and speed of data transfer.
Well, that's convenient, isn't it?
>>Our device harmonises all harmful frequencies into life affirming frequencies - it doesn't block - it transmutes.
I note there is no mention of which frequencies are 'harmful' and which are 'life affirming' - which would be even more useful given the frequency range of a WiFi or Cellular device, so you'd know which is which...
>> The only methods that we know can measure the difference between imbalanced radiation (without protection) and balanced radiation (with protection) These positive test results can be found on our website - please look for 'Case Study ' under Science and Research tab.
The Case Study starts with this paragraph:
>>In our civilization is emerging new science based on knowledge, whereas the official (old) science is based on information. We get information through our senses which are dual and deliver us an inverted picture of the truth and consequently, information is the opposite of knowledge so that all the old scientific concepts are therefore the upside down of the true concepts.
Do people actually believe this nonsense? It sounds like the kind of thing that Russell Brand was wittering about a couple of years ago - that your senses are the only way to interface with reality, and if you can't sense it it's not there, etc... Which can be disproved in seconds, even by a 10-year old child. I find it profoundly depressing when this kind of bamboozlement of the gullible is done in the form of sciency language. And it always seems to be done with a big price tag at the end of it.
This item is based on no science and horribly overpriced, but cosmetically attractive and sneakily marketed. Shocking. They should diversify into premium Hifi.
Edit.
> [...] promises to protect your family from 5G, using ground-breaking quantum technology
My intuitive guess would be that for the target audience "ground-breaking quantum technology" would cause even more problems for their family than 5G. Interesting.
If it will stop people from burning towers, let them sell a million.
Things like this go to show how much money can be made with low effort if you don't have a conscience.
Reminds me of the ADE651 fake bomb detector[0]. At least people will not die because of this.
If you see "quantum" in a general public health product, you know it's going to be a scam, but probably a successful one.
My mother loves those kind of things and no amount of discussion with her will create any doubt in her mind.
I can't blame people falling for this though. They have been disrespected by the traditional health institutions for so long any escape seems good to them.
You can see the same effect in politics. To an extend, the current authorities have a lot of responsability in people listening to crooks.
your tax £££ hard at work:
Report and Recommendations from Glastonbury Town Council’s 5G Advisory Committee
PDF: https://stop5g.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/FinalReporta...
Toby Hall's comments are gold.
> Surveillance, IOT- Internet of Things, and 5G. Crowd control, mind control, ‘voice to skull’, and the ability to manipulate individuals or groups of people emotionally, even to self-harm are achieved via RFR programming. This patented technology is being used worldwide. 5G is the vehicle for total control and the ‘surveillance state’, this is pernicious and dangerous.
> Medical/Health damage. RFR damage can be slow and accumulative. With higher levels it can be lethal and dramatic. Such as flocks of birds falling out of the sky dead when 5G is turned on. People get nose bleeds and suicide rates increase.
The most worrying thing I found about this article is the seriousness of the review - as if the pseudoscience is real and the review is checking if the fake device works against the fake science.
This is very worrying it made it into the BBC.
Glasto is renowned for being a bit different:
"Mr Hall said his remarks in Glastonbury Town Council's 5G Advisory Committee report should not be seen as a recommendation to buy the product. But he had no regrets about buying it and since plugging it in had felt beneficial effects, including being able to sleep through the night and having more dreams." "I also felt a 'calmer' feel to the home," he told BBC News.
It's reassuring to know that your taxes are well spent on ensuring town council members can get a full night's sleep by buying a sticker.
What I don't understand is that a site like BBC, doesn't actually harshly denounce it as a scam. Why?
should probably point to source URL: https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/reverse-engine...
Two things come to my mind:
- this is basically an ignorance tax
- sometimes I wish I had no conscience, I would be much richer
Why is this product even a USB stick? The advertisement says it works fine just placing it near your cell phone. Do people have some sort of trust in USB sticks?
What an absolute lack of surprise that the person with one of these is from Glastonbury
Ethical dilemma of placebos. If they give relief...?
Selling tin foil as specialist EMF limiting wallpaper would be more honest than this device and yet, there will be people out there who will buy this and what's more, some of those will believe it works whatever you tell or show them.
Reminds me adapter plugs that filter out electricity generated by nuclear power plants.
Surprised none of the many 5G-related Android apps appear to be marketing themselves as being able to turn off the evil high speed connectivity yet.
I hear they're especially efficient on non 5G capable phones :)
If it makes people feel better, and gets people to stop being unreasonably unhappy about something harmless, who are we to ruin that for them?
I guess we could be opening ourselves up to a slippery slide, or some danger that people make unsafe decisions because of this, but I think this is relatively innocuous.
Pfft this is already out of date. My usb stick with a sticker of a dolphin can block 6g.
The website of the "professor" behind this is lovely:
It's almost Time Cube level (he seems to prefer other polyhedrons).
When will they solve the problem of Dihydrogen Monoxide?
The stuff just falls from the sky!!
I have some oxygenated water to sell you. Oh and oxygen free copper cables.
I see the radius of the bubble is large enough to protect my entire house.
Reminds me of the fuel "savers," "no-soap ionic" laundry balls, sonic insect "repellers," solar freakin roadways, Kailo, and free energy "inventions."
Many people want so desperately to believe that magical-thinking shortcut "solutions" will work that they'll spend good money to try to make it happen that they will suspend logic and critical thinking.
A perfect target for Softbank or other VCs in the valley, such margins can’t be ignored.
Amazingly, it is still less of a scam than Lacie hard drives.