OAUSA Net - April 3, 2013 - Local Outdoor Destinations

[DaveK]

With time and money is short supply, there are a lot of local destinations where you can enjoy the outdoors for a quick and inexpensive weekend. Join Don, w6KLE tonight for a discussion of these locations.

[DaveK]

NEW PRODUCT FOR THE WEEK

There is a growing and legitimate concern for personal security, and for many, the need to protect personal information is a huge concern. The LOKSAK Company (http://www.loksak.com/) has several interesting products that can help. In particular, their Shield-Sak product is designed to protect various electronic devices (cell phones, tablets, PDAs, and other devices or cards that contain ID chips) from unwanted scans that can reveal personal information.

From the LOKSAK website:

SHIELDSAK is our fabric Faraday cage. SHIELDSAK is a lightweight fabric bag which blocks signals
capable of reading your critical information.
This bag was invented for all types of mobile devices including, but not limited to, Smartphones, tablets and the popular iPad. When the
item is placed in the SHIELDSAK and sealed, the item and the file contents of the item become invisible. Signals are blocked from entering or
leaking from the bag. Phones will not ring. Items with ID chips cannot be scanned. Vital information is secure. And tracking is impossible. Some
devices have a tracking device that cannot be turned off.
Did you know... Your contacts and other personal information from your hand-held PDA, and other similar hand-held telephone style personal
computer devices can be downloaded by simply pointing a beam of Infrared light at it?
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SHIELDSAK was made for the U.S. Military and Government and is PROVEN to block RF (Radio Frequency), Infrared and Skim or
Quick Scan Technology.
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Once placed inside of the SHIELDSAK, your personal information is guarded and your identity is protected from being read, scanned,
hacked or intercepted by skimming devices.
As of October 2006, the latest U.S. Passports have been implemented with Radio Frequency Identification Transponders that house all of your
personal information. Weak passport security directly relates to possible personal data and identity theft as well as terrorist and criminal attacks
against U.S. citizens. An increasing number of credit cards also contain similar technology. Shielding your personal information is paramount for
your personal protection.
At a recent Military TNT testing and evaluation event, we were able to have our SHIELDSAK tested by some of the most sophisticated hacking
equipment on the market today. We are pleased to announce that our SHIELDSAK rendered our phones untouchable even when the equipment
used all of the power possible, well over 3 GHz, to hack into our phones from only inches away.
The mil spec test below was done on a single layer fabric. Our pouch has more than tripled this protection.

LOKSAK also makes a full line of enclosures that are designed to keep contents free from water, dust and moisture. For outdoor travel, these sacks can come in very handy.