Faraday is a cover that shields the phone and blocks any wireless connection. It can also protect credit cards and car keys
Nowadays a smartphone can’t be considered a simple accessory. Inside it you can find practically all of our most confidential information. From bank accounts, to various social accounts to emails. So how do you protect your smartphone? If you don’t want to use an antivirus or complicated passwords, you can use Faraday covers.
Faraday, designed by Silent Pocket, is not a simple cover that protects your smartphone from bumps and falls. In fact, the cover also shields the phone from any wireless connection. Nowadays, in fact, communication systems such as GPS or Wi-Fi can pose a threat to our devices. Especially when we use connections that we do not know. The cover wants to protect us from these situations and is named after the scientist Michael Faraday. He who in 1836 invented a cage capable of blocking electric fields.
How Faraday works
Once inserted the smartphone in the cover, it will block signals from our operator, in the frequencies between 800MHz-5GHz. And at the same time it will prevent connection via GPS, Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. Not only that, it also blocks NFC and RFID technology. From Silent Pocket say that the cover is ideal for protecting our smartphone in airports, shopping malls, large stations or events of significant scope. That is, all those situations where cyber criminals try to hack several devices at a time attacking through the various wireless connections. The cover also serves to increase privacy. Blocking the GPS will avoid that our position is always tracked, also makes it impossible to control the camera and microphone. An aspect that, as we have seen recently, should be taken into account more and more. Faraday can also be used to protect credit cards. Inside the most expensive model, in fact, there are special spaces where to insert cards and documents (scroll through the photo gallery to find out how the Faraday cover works).
Features and price Faraday
The Faraday cover as well as protecting the smartphone from wireless connections also protects the device from water. Of course, all this protection comes at a cost. There are three variants of the same cover. One that is a simple bag, which thanks to a hook can also be attached to other accessories that costs just under 100 euros. Then there is a version that we can call “classic” since it wraps the phone completely at a price of 100 euros. The last version has the shape of a wallet and opens and closes with a zipper to insert the smartphone inside quickly and safely. Questa ha un costo di poco inferiore ai 200 euro.
Compatibilità con gli smartphone
Le tre versioni, dallo stesso identico compito non sono un caso. I due modelli più cari, infatti, non si adattano a tutti i vari tipi di smartphone. Nella cover dalle dimensioni di un portafogli per esempio un phablet non potranno mai entrare. La Bag comunque, ovvero il modello più economico, è abbastanza comodo da trasportare e può contenere più di uno smartphone alla volta. Inoltre c’è anche un Key Fob Guard, in pratica un portachiavi, da utilizzare per proteggere le chiavi elettriche delle macchine. I criminali spesso, infatti, le sabotano per compiere dei furti d’auto.
Fonte foto: Mahri
Permi sull’immagine per scoprire Mahri, la cover alternativa che rende indistruttibile il proprio iPhone