In an announcement made on Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission revealed that it has launched an investigation into the alleged marketing and sale of wireless signal jammer by Amazon and other retailers.
Wireless devices that are intentionally created to block or disrupt signals from lawful electronic products, such as cell phones and GPS devices, are not permitted to be used, sold, or advertised to consumers in the United States.
FCC spokesman Will Wiquist publicly confirmed that the agency is currently engaged in multiple investigations on retailers, such as Amazon, for potential violations of Commission rules concerning the marketing and sale of devices without proper FCC authorization.
The sale of RF signal jammers for sale as drone deterrence or privacy tools by certain online retailers and drone technology companies has been reported by NBC News. This practice enables them to circumvent the federal laws that ban the sale of such devices in the country.
Amazon did not promptly address a comment request from Reuters.
According to NBC's findings, it was discovered that nine Chinese sellers on Amazon, as well as three on eBay, were selling devices called "jammers." These devices are designed to interfere with drones, disable security cameras, and disrupt Wi-Fi networks.
Some online retailers and drone technology companies are promoting RF jammers as tools for deterring drones or safeguarding privacy, circumventing federal laws that prohibit the sale of such devices in the United States.
Rf jammers are devices that interfere with communication systems, usually by sending competing radio signals to confuse nearby electronics. It's a decades-old technology that federal regulators have been trying to crack down on, but interest in jammers persists because people can use them to avoid unwanted drones, disable security cameras or block Wi-Fi networks.
As per the FCC's website, these interfering devices are a serious threat to public safety and have the ability to interfere with other radio communication services.
Jamming devices have a wide range of applications, such as causing confusion for unwanted drones, disrupting Wi-Fi networks, and disabling doorbell cameras. Within a Reddit community dedicated to Ring doorbell cameras, some users raised concerns about the use of jammers to interfere with the cameras during theft incidents to avoid detection. One Reddit user noted the irony that Amazon seems to profit from both sides: Ring is a subsidiary of Amazon, and Amazon offers devices that may disable Ring's cameras.
Amazon has remained silent on the matter of interfering with Ring devices despite being questioned about it.
In online communities where individuals discuss being singled out for intense surveillance by the government or other groups, the use of RF blockers, or jammers, is a common point of conversation related to the concept of "gang stalking."
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