• Irelephant@lemm.eeOP
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    6 months ago

    I would say that a lot of stuff being peddled through tiktok and Instagram are scams. Those anti-5g dongles come to mind.

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      6 months ago

      Anti-5g dongles? That’s new for me, but I consume a lot of these grifts secondhand through a few podcasts I listen to. I might be behind.

      Sounds like the bones of a good scam are there though, assuming the anti-5G conspiracy still gets traction and clicks.

      Edit: Do you know if someone like bigclive got one? He takes those sorts of devices apart a lot to explain them and I’d love to see what’s inside. I just don’t want to pay the money for one to fund the grift.

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        6 months ago

        There is a good few videos on them, it has died down significantly since the whole 5g panic went away. Some of them were just some clear USB keys, some were just stickers. Mr. Whosetheboss did a video on them.

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        6 months ago

        Plus, if you make the top of it concave, you can cook hotdogs up there in the summer!