Surprise! That £339 world's first 'anti-5G' protection device is just a £5 USB drive with a nice sticker on it
- Reference: 1590696486
- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/28/anti_5g_usb_stick/
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The "quantum" USB stick, branded as the "5GBioShield", is a "proprietary holographic nano-layer catalyst technology" and a "remediation from all harmful radiation, electro-smog and biohazard pollution".
The nano-layer – a bubble, we are assured by marketing material – has an operating diameter of either 8 or 40 metres. The USB is "resulting from research of several decades in multiple countries".
It was dismantled by PTP, whose [1]teardown and analysis showed the device contained nothing more than a 128MB USB storage drive and an LED. Oh, and a circular black sticker.
The "quantum" stick comes pre-loaded with a 25-page PDF of marketing from the website, including a Q&A of distances of the "bubble" and ways to ascertain if it is working.
"It's an 'always on' system apparently, is always working, powered or not, so no visual checks needed," said PTP.
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A full teardown of the item found "no electrical or other connections between the device and the 'sticker' and also no additional components other than the USB stick," PTP's Phil Eveleigh wrote.
"In our opinion the 5G Bioshield is nothing more than a £5 USB key with a sticker on it. Whether or not the sticker provides £300 worth of quantum holographic catalyser technology, we'll leave you to decide.
"We do not believe this product should be promoted by publicly-funded bodies until a full, independent, peer-reviewed scientific study has been undertaken on its effectiveness. We think trading standards bodies should investigate this product."
The product comes amid a heightened state of paranoia among many people across society that the building of 5G masts is somehow linked to cancer, a weak immune system, infertility, bad sleep, or more lately COVID-19. As Reg readers will know, it isn't. There is no evidence of this.
Anna Grochowalska, one of the two directors of the company selling the £339 USB sticks, BioShield Distribution Ltd, [3]told the BBC in response to the obvious question about what made the item so expensive: "We are in possession of a great deal of technical information, with plenty of back-up historical research.
"As you can understand, we are not authorised to fully disclose all this sensitive information to third parties, for obvious reasons."
The Reg asked Grochowalska to comment. She does not manufacture or own the device but told the Beeb she has sole rights to distribute it. ®
[1] https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/reverse-engineering-a-5g-bioshield/
[2] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/27/5g_mast_arson_liverpool/
[3] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52810220
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Buy this - https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/304792702
Make it into a hat-shaped object.
Sell it on your favourite online tat bazar.
Resists government thought control experiments too, a bonus
I’ve ordered 5.
One for each limb.
Apparently someone though that people gullible enough to believe that 5G was causing Coronavirus, would be gullible enough to pay a lot of money for a device that would magically protect them.
As P. T. Barnum allegedly said: there are plenty being born.
The website is quite "fun", eg. this "testimonial":
I plugged the BioShield Key in at work and it seems to clear the energy of the place around my desk.
One minute and a half after I plugged it, I felt something wrong disappeared in the air.
The people I work with, seems to be more happy and they laugh more. The ambiance is more serene.
~Daniela
Well it always amusing when someone demonstrates how much of a muppet they are.
They're not laughing with you, Daniela. They're laughing at you.
Somebody employs this person - hopefully for nothing critical
I compared Trump to Barnum last week, then immediately apologised to Barnum, who apparently was a reasonably decent local politician.
Take Yer Pick...
"A Fool and his money are soon parted."
"There's a sucker born every minute."
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.", Albert Einstein
Re: Take Yer Pick...
Why pick one, it's usually more of an all-or-nothing approach
Hold on to your credit cards, I think I've found a cheaper alternative: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bacofoil-Non-Stick-Kitchen-Quality-Tear-Resistant/dp/B016IOUGXC
It's out of stock!
And it's all your fault. The anti-5G mob followed your advice.
You're just poo-pooing it because of the (((5G mind control))).
I on the other hand am able to think for myself having bought my 5G-shielding underpants:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/SYB-Boxer-Briefs-Anti-Radiation-Protection/dp/B077QWLKJM
..my 5G-shielding underpants:
You can poo-poo those yourself...
What 5G ?
I first saw this story on the BBC web-site this afternoon where, as reported, a member of the Glastonbury Council claimed it was a great device and that he had felt much more relaxed since he had acquired one.
This led me to check a 5G availability map or the UK and I don't see any 5G in the Glastonbury area.
Matter over mind ?
Chris Cosgrove
Re: What 5G ?
Matter, but mind nonexistent?
The Ancients had the right ideas you know, I recently bought a 5G filter designed many years ago by an ancient Greek called Eratosthenes, he called it a sieve but apparently it's a prime contender for being the best against 5G too.
How Gullible are you ?
Please send £50 for our questionnaire.
Re: How Gullible are you ?
Apparently the Oxford English Dictionary are removing the word "gullible " from their 2021 Edition
If it weren't for the fact
it has a easy to use USB port I'd have guessed it was from Apple.
Some people are just greedy, why couldn't they have been satisfied with putting a 32GB sticker on them and flogging them on eBay like all the other scammers with a load of old 128MB USBs lying around?
the 5G Bioshield is nothing more than a £5 USB key
correction: a fiver buys you, AD 2020, a 16GB usb key. 128MB is something I haven't seen for... I dunno, 20 years? Presumably, to have such low capacity usb lovingly hand-crafted and hand-delivered straight from the Red Kingdom of China fully justifies what is, after all, just a fair market price for the ultimate protection for you and your family! And all this (...) before we even scratch the surface of its unsurpassed nano-bubble-shielding-capabilities!
"an operating diameter of either 8 or 40 metres"
So, as a quantum expert I am convinced this must be a viable working product.
How else could a device operate at exactly a diameter of exactly 8 or 40 metres?
That has to be quantum weirdness in action at 2 very specific distances.
It's a shame Paul Dirac isn't around any longer, I'm sure he could have advanced his theories considerably by examining this device.
Maybe Einstein could then have built on the the work and explained it to us all.
What a fucking world we live in, how have we gone backwards this far this fast.
This must be a violation of the Second law of thermodynamics.
I'll stop now...
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Get one for each member of your family, the more you buy the greater the discount! Only €250.00 per insert!! Two for €450.00! Three for €400.00!
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Re: Big savings! Now!
You're shitting me right? I don't need that £400 USB stick after all??
Re: Big savings! Now!
That's right. You get to save all the money! Or for only £350.00 I can sell you a suppository that will protect you from 5G and 6G!
Re: Big savings! Now!
Sorry, my brother in-law beat you to it years ago. He says he invented the G eneral E nergy R educing B uttock I nfiltration L obule (GERBIL).
I can't believe people are dismissing this, a 128MB pen drive clearly has quantum entanglement otherwise how would it still exist? So unless someone can prove time travel does not exist I'm not going to discount this.
Pawing through my junk drawer, I found a 256mb USB drive with a paper label. It's presumably kept me safe from 5G or any other usable form of high speed data connection for decades. And, yes, it seems to have an LED on the circuit board. In all likelihood it'll continue to keep me safe for decades into the future. (Welcome to rural America)
electro-smeg-heads!
trading standards
We think trading standards bodies should investigate this product.
I reported this to them this morning. They recommended that I additionally reporteit to Action Fraud, so I did that too.
The people behind the website may or may not be within UK jurisdiction but I'm offended that members of the public are being targeted by this. I am now at least mollified that two different bodies with appropriate legal powers are able to investigate and take any needed action.
(Wording carefully chosen to help El Reg avoid a defamation suit)
Do they offer any explanation as to why the device doesn't affect the operation of current phones, wi-fi and microwave ovens? Or are these types not considering that radiation to be harmful any more?
Paris... because...
Getting fucked for a lot of money is her thing.