Can prisons interfere with cell phone signals in prisoners’ homes at will?

WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives David Kustoff (TN-08) and William Timmons (SC-04) today introduced HR 1954 – the 2019 Telephone Congestion Reform Act. Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Lindsey Graham (R -SC) identical legislation introduced on the Senate side. This bill deals with the use of contraband phones in state and state penitentiaries. “Smuggling phones have […]

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Cell phone jammers cannot be used at will

A Philadelphia man made headlines after admitting that he uses a cell phone jammer to block his passengers’ conversations. The driver, named Eric, said that “he takes the law into his own hands and frankly I’m proud of it.” The story, which was first reported by the NBC subsidiary in Philadelphia, struck a nerve and is at […]

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Should trucks and heavy vehicles be fitted with a jammer

While cell phones have made instant communication possible for everyone, they are quickly becoming a global killer, causing 20 percent of fatal road accidents worldwide annually, half of which are recorded on Indian highways alone. Groundbreaking new technology developed by Abdul Shabeer, PhD student at Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore, and his colleagues R.S.D. Wahidabanu […]

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Ships with GPS jammers are true sea overlords

Iran, which uses gps jammer, claims to be American warships to outsmart ships, the United States said. Iranian forces are actively using jammers and pretending to be U.S. or allied warships to get merchant ships to sail through Iranian waters and then confiscate them, government officials say. The U.S. Department of Transportation maritime administration issued a […]

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