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Re:New police radars can 'see' inside homes by clavalle on Monday January 19, 2015 @10:38PM (#8915358)
There has to be some equally cheap countermeasures that can be found.
Re:New police radars can 'see' inside homes by zurn on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @01:16AM (#8915693)
It's basically easy and cheap (once customer base grows from spooks & diplomats to general public) but it will seriously hamper your 4G, and wifi too if you want intra-building insulation.
Re:New police radars can 'see' inside homes by foobarqux on Monday January 19, 2015 @11:00PM (#8915413)
It's called metal.
Re:New police radars can 'see' inside homes by sologoub on Monday January 19, 2015 @11:52PM (#8915535)
Can you elaborate?
Re:New police radars can 'see' inside homes by pmalynin on Monday January 19, 2015 @11:58PM (#8915553)
Faraday's Cage
Re:New police radars can 'see' inside homes by kmowery on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @02:27AM (#8915830)
This is covered in the Range-R FAQ:

http://www.range-r.com/FAQ/index.htm

The RF bands they're using apparently don't go through metal so well.

Re:New police radars can 'see' inside homes by Schweigi on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @06:01AM (#8916371)
By reading the article I would have thought it would be possible to walk down the street while pointing at a house and the device would show if/where someone is hiding but after reading this FAQ I don't think this device is working so well as people expect.

Maybe in houses with wooden walls but not in buildings with thick brick or concrete steal enhanced walls. They even recommend to press the device against the wall/floor to get the best results. This means that the device can be used to see if somebody is behind a specific wall but not just somewhere in the house a couple of rooms away.

Re:New police radars can 'see' inside homes by sologoub on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @04:25PM (#8919718)
In the warmer parts of the country, you are not looking at a lot of metal/brick. In California for example, you are looking at a lot of plywood and insulation mostly.