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Father Used a Signal Jammer to Keep His Kids Offline Now Faces Jail Time

by normhill on 2/22/22, 5:24 AM with 3 comments

• by seanhunter on 2/22/22, 7:26 AM

  Using any kind of signal jammer is a crime in the UK. It wouldn't surprise me for it to be a crime in France.

  See https://www.ofcom.org.uk/spectrum/interference-enforcement/s... for example

  "It is a crime to use any apparatus, including jammers, for the purposes of deliberately interfering with wireless telegraphy (radio communications) in the UK. The maximum penalty is two years’ imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine. See section 68 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006."

  Ofcom is the UK's communications regulator.

• by beardyw on 2/22/22, 8:16 AM

  If it impairs access to emergency services it is a serious matter.

  I assume it only started at midnight so he could use his phone. Ironic.

• by hnshit3 on 2/22/22, 6:20 AM

  he jammed neighbour's security system.