Yeah, the guy was clever but clearly cheating and he deserves to be fired. Now, about that reporter:
> Aluminum is not a great conductor—it heats up when a lot of power is pushed through it—so a snack bag would potentially melt if it was used to try to block a strong radio signal from inside.
Uh... what? I mean, I guess, if you're operating a tracking radar or long distance microwave transmitter inside that snack bag, sure. But a LTE radio with a GPS? Are you serious?
The guy wasn't so clever, because regularly missing location data fosters suspicion. About the reporter, I was also struck by the technical cluelessness. For example, there's no need to ground Faraday cages.
that, and i think the reporter is conflating two similar sounding things he learned in science class: conductivity (electricity) and radio waves (electromagnetic waves).
> Aluminum is not a great conductor—it heats up when a lot of power is pushed through it—so a snack bag would potentially melt if it was used to try to block a strong radio signal from inside.
Uh... what? I mean, I guess, if you're operating a tracking radar or long distance microwave transmitter inside that snack bag, sure. But a LTE radio with a GPS? Are you serious?