In a world where devices are designed to be addictive, it’s harder than ever to peel kids away from TikTok, Roblox, YouTube, and the like. Some screen-time rules, though, are too drastic, including one dad’s solution, which ended up having serious consequences for the town of Messanges in southwest France, as reported by Bleeping Computer.
According to a report from the Agence Nationale des Fréquences (ANFR), the French public agency responsible for managing the radioelectric spectrum, the internet in a small town wasn’t functioning between the hours of 12 am and 3 am. After investigating, a technician detected a nearby jamming signal: a device that was transmitting radio waves on the same frequency as mobile devices thus blocking them from connecting to cell towers. Confused as to why the interfering device was only active during the wee hours of the morning, the ANFR vigilante stayed up late and at 1:30 am, tracked down the signal to a house in a neighboring town.
