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Re:Due to a problem with AWS, many "smart" vacuums or doorbe... by mtsr on Friday November 27, 2020 @01:33AM (#25226039)
That’s horrible, I hadn’t even looked at it like that.

But it will actually work better with 3/4G because 5Gs range is so short and it would be easy to block with just a little tinfoil.

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Re:Due to a problem with AWS, many "smart" vacuums or doorbe... by Foivos on Friday November 27, 2020 @03:10AM (#25226495)
5G has a lot of bands. Most of them are close to the 3G/4G bands, so it should have the same signal as 3G/4G.

Also, new IoT technologies use techniques allowing them to operate at a much weaker signal.

But you can always just destroy the antenna.

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