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bigdrewp View Member Profile	Jan 19 2007, 07:26 PM Post #1
Target Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 4-June 06 From: Kansas City Member No.: 8,644	How bad an idea is it to take comm links from the dead and use them for your own?

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Kesslan

Jan 24 2007, 04:42 AM

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QUOTE (dog_xinu)

You need to not only shut it off but it could have RFID screaming its location while the phone is off. RFID tag can be inside or inside the battery case, etc. My suggestions it get a small bag (think large dice bag size or the size of the crown royal bags) and have it coated on the inside and out multiple times with wireless blocking paint. Thus making a little bag of holding that wont let any signals out as long as it is shut. So you get a new phone (off a fallen person either good or bad), you hit the off button, and toss it in the bag. Then hand the bag to the groups hacker/TM later. And if you dont have a group hacker/TM, then whomever is your group's hacker-type contact.

In my group, the TM has a foot locker in his van that is coated inside and out. He drops anything that he picks up in the locker until he can safely take care of it later during slow periods (aka downtimes). Whenever he knows one of the team picks up something he is suspicious, he has them dump it in the locker also.

in SR4, you have to worry about hidden wireless signals, especially things like RFID tags.

dog

Well you dont need to use paint at all. There is wireless signal blocking paint yes. But that wouldnt work too well for a bag, afterall the paint would dry and eventually flake or peel off. There are other more solid materials that do the exact same thing. The wireless absorbant paint thing really only comes into play as a 'retrofitting' of existing facilities. I mean think about it.

All this wireless stuff comes out in a period of 5 years. How often do you totally gut a building? Not that often. Maybe some of the more fluid ones using temporary walls and such but thats ALOT of disruption any time it's being done. It's far cheaper, and faster in such a case, to just paint over the existing walls with this new absorbant paint.

In the menatime for any new consturction theres more reliable actual wall materials that do the same thing, arguably only better since they wont chip, flake etc.

And if you can build that kind of thing into paint, there's no reason what so ever that you couldnt just have a lined bag that will do the same thing. Its why you have these tinfoil bags for various electronics and how you used to have (And i'm sure if you relaly look you can still find them) these bags to put your rolls of camera film into when putting it through an x-ray machine or something at an airport. Otherwise the film is ruined. Used to be very common but of course now most folk just use digital cameras.

And since any such material is legal and readily available for security/privacy protection reasons you can probably just buy something like that at some store or other. Or worst case order it online. It might even be better just to get an assortment of such lined bags, small ones you can pocket to backpacks and dufflebags for those times when your litterally looting everything that isnt nailed down and a few things that are.

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bigdrewp Looting Comm Links Jan 19 2007, 07:26 PM

HappyDaze As long as you have the skills and equipment to ... Jan 19 2007, 07:27 PM

bigdrewp Thanks. Jan 19 2007, 07:31 PM

Teulisch Well, if you can make sure they cant transmit/reci... Jan 19 2007, 10:26 PM

Kesslan Yeah. If I were stealing some one's comlink I... Jan 20 2007, 04:35 AM

dog_xinu You need to not only shut it off but it could have... Jan 20 2007, 05:06 PM

ornot I have to say, I'm a little confused by this t... Jan 20 2007, 05:25 PM

dog_xinu QUOTE I have to say, I'm a little confused by ... Jan 20 2007, 05:35 PM

hobgoblin the iphone cant have its battery removed... Jan 20 2007, 06:42 PM

yoippari Is that supposed to be a feature? Is it also water... Jan 20 2007, 07:01 PM

ornot QUOTE (dog_xinu) [QUOTE]in RL, I own a BlackBerry ... Jan 20 2007, 07:15 PM

hobgoblin QUOTE (yoippari @ Jan 20 2007, 08:01 PM) Is t... Jan 20 2007, 09:01 PM

kigmatzomat Removable batteries are generally a necessity for ... Jan 21 2007, 03:28 PM

Mistwalker Apple lists the iphone at 5 hours talk time, 16 ho... Jan 22 2007, 03:11 AM

Gauvain I seem to recall something about Apple getting bus... Jan 23 2007, 12:14 AM

hobgoblin i dont know of any other company that do not allow... Jan 23 2007, 09:07 AM

dog_xinu the iPhone like the iPod has a removable battery. ... Jan 23 2007, 12:50 PM

hobgoblin QUOTE It just takes some tools, some practice and ... Jan 23 2007, 02:04 PM

kigmatzomat My Treo650 has a removable battery. I think the o... Jan 23 2007, 09:25 PM

Kesslan QUOTE (dog_xinu) You need to not only shut it off ... Jan 24 2007, 04:42 AM

Demerzel On the battery issue, I'd say wireless would m... Jan 24 2007, 05:23 AM

Moon-Hawk Every team should have at least one large (human b... Jan 24 2007, 04:20 PM

cetiah QUOTE (Moon-Hawk) Every team should have at least ... Jan 24 2007, 09:01 PM

Charon Hey, how about you just set a difficulty for how h... Jan 24 2007, 10:07 PM

Kesslan QUOTE (Charon) Hey, how about you just set a diffi... Jan 25 2007, 05:00 AM

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