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K. Reid Wightman :verified: 🌻

"I have trust issues" is my profession. (Photo courtesy of @nstarke ).

A "wifi range extender". 
Two photos:
The first photo shows the range extender plugged into a usb power outlet. It shows three white LEDs, and it has a bunch of antennas sticking out of it.

The second photo shows the insides. Inside, it's just a tiny PCB with some LED lights. The 'antennas' are made of plastic and are not even connected to the PCB. We can assume that the PCB is just some LEDs, and that this thing does absolutely nothing for your wifi.
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LisPi
@reverseics @evamik That's pretty much fraud, if it actually does nothing instead of just having a small antenna module on the board itself.
niconiconi

@reverseics@infosec.exchange @nstarke@bird.makeup In China, these things are basically everywhere online if you look for them, known by many different names, such as "power savers", "electronic mouse repellents", "lead-acid battery maintenance device", etc. All of them have the same design, and sometimes same PCB - an AC passthourgh outlet, and an LED. Almost nobody who knows what a watt is believes them, unfortunate, grandparents sometimes fall victim to them so they still get sales.

Viking Chieftain

@reverseics

At least it was cheap, so there was at least one good thing to be said about it.

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