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Re:Wireless Is a Trap by the_pwner224 on Sunday June 21, 2020 @12:03PM (#23592771)
The sun beams down 1 KILOwatt of light (50% infrared, 40% visible, 10% other) to every square meter on the ground. Most of the infrared and much of the visible light is absorbed by your skin. Your WiFi router on the other hand has a power of 50-150 MILLIwatts, and won't let you set it higher because that's illegal. And your phone etc. run at around 15 milliwatts.

I guess if you built a ridiculously high powered WiFi antenna (which would be illegal) and stood next to it for a while, you would cook yourself. But BT/WiFi ain't gonna do shit to you.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i4pxw4tYeCU

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Re:Wireless Is a Trap by wavepruner on Sunday June 21, 2020 @12:37PM (#23593077)
Standing outside in the sun all day everyday is absolutely deadly.
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Re:Wireless Is a Trap by Wowfunhappy on Sunday June 21, 2020 @01:29PM (#23593546)
That's somewhat beside the point though, isn't it? Wifi and Bluetooth are not giving off anywhere near that much radiation.
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Re:Wireless Is a Trap by ScottFree on Sunday June 21, 2020 @01:25PM (#23593511)
If that were the case, there would be no African tribes left alive.
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Re:Wireless Is a Trap by wavepruner on Saturday June 27, 2020 @06:46PM (#23665284)
Clothing, night-time, and shade all make their exposure far less than 24/7.

Also higher melanin skin blocks?/absorbs? radiation.

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Re:Wireless Is a Trap by Wowfunhappy on Sunday June 21, 2020 @01:29PM (#23593549)
Well, things that are deadly don't necessarily kill everyone.
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Re:Wireless Is a Trap by ScottFree on Sunday June 21, 2020 @02:07PM (#23593896)
By that rationale, walking is deadly. Breathing is deadly. Sleeping is deadly. This is not a valid argument supporting the stance that wifi is deadly.
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Re:Wireless Is a Trap by Wowfunhappy on Sunday June 21, 2020 @06:05PM (#23595773)
Sorry, I didn't mean to argue that wifi is deadly (because power is so much lower), I'm merely agreeing with the parent that the sun is deadly. I think the links to cancer are strong enough to warrant the term.
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