Are these cell phone jammers available for personal use in cinemas?

by Adam Thierer on December 17, 2008 · Comments

Man, I’d love to bring one of these mobile phone jamming devices into the movie theater with me. I’m getting tired of all the rude jackasses who don’t mute their phone, or even take calls, during the middle of movies. Of course, as this WSJ article notes, such devices violate FCC rules and would disrupt all sorts of beneficial uses. (The company is apparently trying to get them authorized for use in prisons to disable smuggled-in phones from being used and creating problems).

Oh well. I guess I’ll just have to keep throwing popcorn at those idiots in the theater until they shut their pie holes.

Cell Tower Jammer

Comments Posted in: Miscellaneous, Technology, Business & Cool Toys

  • Ryan Radia
    You could always just rent new-release movies on cable to watch at home on your HDTV.

    Oh, wait, that's not possible due to FCC rules that prohibit movie studios from digitally securing their content as they see fit.
  • Care to elaborate on this?
  • Ryan Radia
    An old gripe of mine, one that I really ought to blog again in light of recent developments. (Again, I strongly support repealing the DMCA anti-circumvention clause, but I don't think doing so would cause content owners to give up on DRM overnight. The FCC should be DRM-neutral, period.)
  • That would be a bit huge to lug into a theater....
  • Dude I so want one of these things I can imagine all the pranks that could be done with one of these cell phone jamming devices. I would love one to ride around with in my car because I always seem to be by someone using a cellphone that is not driving the way they should be!
  • You DO NOT want to earn yourself an FCC Notice of Violation or a Notice of Apparent Liability for possessing one of this little gems.

    Jonathan L. Kramer, Esq.
    Kramer Telecom Law Firm, PC
    Los Angeles
    TelecomLawFirm.com
  • They probably wouldn't catch you with a small one.
  • I just picked up a jammer from cellphonejammer.cn and used it in the mall....OMG, so much fun!
  • Lol, that is huge! People would think it was a bomb and not sick next to you! Problem solved.
  • Did anyone ever put a price on this monster?
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