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		theoreticalmal 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect... I thought you weren’t supposed to ground faraday cages, is that not the case?

nick__m 5 months ago [–]

it a safety mesure, the ground coud potentially act as a really crappy antenna but if the foil is touching something conducting on the modem and there is a malfunction, you want that current to go somewhere and the ground is that place.

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