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New York governor to launch bill banning smartphones in schools (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Funny-ly enough you can block their signal. Issue is it's also going to block everyone within range

[–] Stovetop 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

That is also v e r y illegal.

https://www.fcc.gov/general/jammer-enforcement

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Make the whole school a Faraday cage!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

For us to do so yes. For the government, it constantly breaks the law

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

So jamming is not a practical solution.