Can cell phone jammers be legalized?

[Moreno]

What do you think about possibility to legalize short range cell phone jammers which could be used for security purposes (electronic bug jamming)? Government could certify such devices making sure they work on very short range and unlikely creating threat to other people.

[swansont]

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Moderator Note

What is the ethical aspect of this that you wish to discuss?

[Moreno]

Place it in appropriate section, if this is unsuitable here.

[swansont]

Place it in appropriate section, if this is unsuitable here.

What is it you wish to discuss? The legal aspect and political issues, or the technology?

[Moreno]

What is it you wish to discuss? The legal aspect and political issues, or the technology?

 

The legal aspects and social issues.

[Endy0816]

Be easy to use for illegal purposes.

 

The signal blocking paint is more reasonable.

[Moreno]

Be easy to use for illegal purposes.

How exactly?

[Endy0816]

Interfere with emergency calls, standard phone time you paid for, navigation, etc.

 

The problem with jammers, is that unlike static methods, there is little that limits where they can be set up.

 

Starbucks would notice a surprise paint job, but not a jammer sitting outside in someone's car(or discretely placed inside).

Edited April 24, 2016 by Endy0816