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Re:Wi-Fi may be coming soon to a lamppost near you by anotherhue on Saturday May 07, 2022 @10:40AM (#31294867)
Wi-Fi debuted in the late eighties, so the 1971 referenced seemed odd. I looked into it and it was part of the early research on powerful RF emissions. There were some uncomfortable images of the effects on rabbits eyes, etc.

To suggest that WLAN causes similar issues is absurd due to both the enormous EIRP difference and the very psychological point that many other (higher power) uses of the frequency have been effect for some time but of all of them, only the one marketed to consumers caused issue.

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Re:Wi-Fi may be coming soon to a lamppost near you by SemanticStrengh on Saturday May 07, 2022 @11:07AM (#31295111)
What is absurd is to deny the extensive empirical evidence https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=31294558&goto=threads%...
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Re:Wi-Fi may be coming soon to a lamppost near you by anotherhue on Saturday May 07, 2022 @12:02PM (#31295698)
Can you speak to why Wi-Fi in particular, is suspect? CW GSM handsets held close to the head, CB Radios, 433 garage door openers or RC cars, DECT cordless phones, microwave ovens, Bluetooth 3G/4G/5G cell signals, ...all surely should be equally concerning if the RF is to blame.
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Re:Wi-Fi may be coming soon to a lamppost near you by SemanticStrengh on Saturday May 07, 2022 @12:13PM (#31295877)
They are probably not less worrying if they are in the same frequency range.
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