You ’d think a German chemicals company big enough to worry about people hacking their earphone and eavesdropping on R&D merging would have the budget to just enthrone in a Faraday pouch . But in the cause of Evonik , they ’re loud , so theyuse biscuit tin .
According to the AFP , “ industrial espionage ” is a trend on the rise , and companies , like Evonik ] are increasingly paranoid about it .
Biscuit tins have a so - called Farraday cage upshot , [ spokeswoman Alexandra Boy ] say , blocking out electromagnetic radioactivity and therefore preventing people from hacking into mobile phone , not only for calls but also to get hold of emails .
You ’re an 18.5 BILLION DOLLAR company . How much combine can you put in an sometime biscuit tin ? If you ’re really that paranoid , just . Buy . Some . Of . These . [ AFPviaTextuallyviaEngadget ]
figure of speech via Flickr / Franie Frou Frou
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