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by jimmySixDOF 1657 days ago
My understanding is that a Faraday Cage, of any size, relies on a proper grounding system to work at all so these boxes and rfid blocking pockets etc all seem to be tinfoil hats parading as space age metamaterials.
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A faraday cage converts the energy in the radio waves it absorbs into heat.

Eventually it will radiate the same amount of energy as the transmitter inside it, but in infrared wavelengths and without whatever modulation was carrying the signal.

> relies on a proper grounding system to work at all

does not

Apparently not: "Small Faraday cages with no conductors penetrating the shield do NOT need to be grounded."
Nope: RF shielding has nothing to do with having a ground reference.
Good RF ground is a bitch.