Pulling apart a £339 anti-5G USB stick
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Known scammers "Anna Grochowalska and Valerio Laghezza" at work again preying on the fear and ignorance of the public.
Unsubstantiated, Sci-fi claims of future-tech that they claim will help protect you from radio-frequencies including 5G.
You need a physical Faraday cage if you want to block radio waves, not a cheap USB stick with a sticker added.
Professional security penetration testers have stripped the device, and found it to be just a regular 128MB USB storage device with no extra components or circuits.
(yes I did write MB not GB)The tear-down
https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/reverse-engineering-a-5g-bioshield/The news
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/28/anti_5g_usb_stick/Surprise! That £339 world's first 'anti-5G' protection device is just a £5 USB drive with a nice sticker on it
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52810220
Trading Standards squad targets anti-5G USB stick
Investigators say they vulnerable people need protection from what seems to be a £339 scam.For those that have a grasp of physics, this story would be funny if it were not so vile.
Apparently these ancient USB sticks use "holographic nano-layer catalyst technology" to create a force-field like bubble around you or your home.Rather than help their search ratings, you can work out their site address from this review.
https://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/5gbioshield.comGo and read the FAQ section for a good laugh.
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@Dr-Flay said in Pulling apart a £339 anti-5G USB stick:
Go and read the FAQ section for a good laugh.
I don't get much fun from laughing at the foolishness of the mugs who fall for this. I will only be happy when scammers like this pair get brought to justice and get jail time, confiscation of criminal proceeds, etc.
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@Pesala The "mugs who fall for this" are on a different page to the FAQ. I wasn't inviting ridicule of those individuals, just the insane scifi psudo-science in the FAQs which tries to establish the authenticity of how the system works.
