What happens when a school bans smartphones? A complete transformation
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Teachers say mobile phones make their lives a living hell – so one Massachusetts school barred them

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  • BoneALisa@lemm.eeEnglish
    83·
    10 months ago

    I sure you arent being serious, but farday caging the rooms would likely be highly illegal, blocking emergency cell calls and other emergency signals (like radio and gps) is a big ol no no.

    • Ross_audio@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      10 months ago

      Faraday cages are fine. It’s just never worth the expense.

      It’s frequency jammers and active blockers which break the law in a massive way.

      The reason being you can control the area a Faraday cage encapsulates. A signal jammer that has any decent effect has to also affect outside the area. Big no

      Plenty of buildings are accidentally faraday cages for certain frequencies.

      Emergency services have training for buildings with poor signals and it’s as simple as putting repeaters down as you progress from outside to inside.

      Jammers are much less simple to work around.

    • piecat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      This is 100% false

      It’s a bad idea for the reasons you mentioned, but it’s not illegal in the slightest