Pocket jammers mobile phones at the peak of popularity

Despite the fact that the use of jammers for mobile phones is illegal in the United States, these simple devices literally flooded the American market, and the authorities and mobile operators can do nothing, because the jammer detector is ineffective when the "illegal device" is turned off, the NY Times writes . In the modern metropolis there are constantly people who unceremoniously and loudly chat on the phone, not paying attention to others. Just press the button in your pocket - and the person confusedly looks at his pipe, in which the signal disappeared.

Sending a powerful radio pulse, jamming disables all mobile phones in a radius of up to ten meters, depending on the power and price of the device. The cheapest is about $ 50, and the most expensive devices, worth several thousand dollars, can run continuously. Such a device can be ordered, for example, on the site PhoneJammer.com . In America, the device is not sold, but foreign suppliers do not hide the fact that hundreds of orders come in from the US per month. Buyers include cafe owners and hairdressers, managers, doctors, bus drivers, and more recently, ordinary public transport passengers.