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Re:Bunnie Huang and Edward Snowden’s Malware-Detecting Smart... by ww520 on Friday August 26, 2016 @12:21PM (#12367274)
When the GPS antenna is on, it gives off RF interference? Just a guess. GPS draws quite a bit of power when turned on.
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Re:Bunnie Huang and Edward Snowden’s Malware-Detecting Smart... by DigitalJack on Friday August 26, 2016 @06:52PM (#12369861)
Probably not from the antenna, but the downconversion and signal processing chain definitely will. They are shielded, but I'm sure some gets through.
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