signal jamming
Disrupting wireless communication
Signal jamming is the deliberate transmission of radio signals to disrupt communications between devices.
Military forces jam enemy radar and communications; protesters jam police frequencies; criminals jam GPS trackers.
The practice is illegal in most contexts because it can interfere with emergency services: The FBI traced the signal jamming to a device in his car.
- white noiseConstant random sound
- dead airUnintended broadcast quiet
- radar jammingDisrupting detection signals electronically
- spoofingFraudulent imitation
- noiseUnwanted auditory disturbance
electronic warfare · censorship · media blackout · radio silence · Radio Free Europe · scramble · counterintelligence · buzz · antenna · jam · detection · overload · electromagnetic · static · cell phone jammer · encryption · block · pirate
- cyberattacksmalware, phishing, ransomware, hack, virus
- military communicationsradio, walkie-talkie, radio operators, morse code, encrypted message
- military technologymissiles, drones, radar systems, stealth technology, weapon systems
- countermeasurescountermeasures, chaff, flares, decoys, jammers
- Cyber Warfarecyber warfare, cyber attack, cyberattack, electronic warfare, information warfare
- electronic warfarejamming, radar jamming, chaff, flares, jammers
signal jammingsignal boosting
Increasing transmission strength
signal jammingopen communication
Unrestricted exchange of information