What company hasn't reminded their employees not to comment on ongoing litigation in public? This entire story seems so forced, with outlets seemingly pretending that they don't know their headlines are implying ionizing radiation.
The public know the difference? I bet many people on HN don't, let alone the general consumers. Would you rather them ignore it than doing further research?
There is such as a weird bias for Apple on HN, unlike any other tech companies.
Many people on HN are in a good position to understand just how good Apple products are, so they invest in them (both by buying products and building workflows on them, and by investing in shares).
Once invested, bullshit accusations against the company harm you individually, because the company has to spend time and money proving that some dude in France set up a meter wrong. Those engineering resources could have gone into making the product better.
The title would be less misleading if they simply changed s/radiation/electromagnetic radiation/.
They don't just do this with Apple. News outlets have been sensationalizing dubious research into the link between mobile phone RF exposure and a variety of maladies for decades now.
Yep. Regardless of whether it is positive or negative, you don't want your general employees commenting on the safety of the companies products. On such sensitive topics, you want to leave the floor open to SMEs and recognized industry experts.
Look, this time its bullshit. But let's say the company in this case is something like DuPont. Let's say the recognized industry experts are paid to shut up and write whitepapers backing up the company. This has happened plenty of times over the course of history and employees talking about unethical or even downright dangerous behavior should at least be heard I think... even if they don't understand what non-ionizing radiation is.
Why would I give a theory when I don't even agree with your position. That is a bizarre request. I don't quite understand what point you're making except calling it a problem.
I find that answering a question with a question often results in better understanding and insightfulness by the pupil than just spoon-feeding it to them. Every good parent and professor will be familiar with this technique.
Because it doesn't give any perspective on any of the actions that Apple is taking. Facts alone don't make an informative article. This one's less egregious than many, but it suffers the same pervasive issue as most other articles do: It doesn't look at the big picture or the why behind anything and just reports in a technically factual, but widely misleading fashion
Electromagnetic radiation and ionising radiation are two very different things. Phones emit electromagnetic radiation. EMR is by far the less harmful of the two health wise - a phone will at worst heat tissue to imperceptible levels. Is this a serious issue for owners to even worry about?
> But there is a third option with the safe, you can subject it to an intricate sequence of motions and it will unlock, requiring far less energy than it does to rip it apart. Is it not conceivable that there’s not a similar situation with cells in that the intricate EM patterns of telecommunications devices could unintentionally “pick the locks” of cells and damage them? Have you considered this as a possibility?
Or it could give you superpowers! Or transport you to another dimension, or any other random thing I'm free to conjecture about because I also don't feel bound to base this on observed phenomena!
Is that why I can hear colors? Huh. And where was me thinking it was because my neighbors have been too busy throwing parties to let me have some sleep this past week.
> First there is a "membre" - or limb - check, for when a phone is in close contact with a person's body, such as when it is held or placed in a trouser pocket.
> The SAR limit for this is four watts per kilogram.
4 W/kg
> The regulator said the device's "membre" SAR was 5.74 watts per kilogram - higher than the limit.
You also get much more radiation by visiting chernobyl than by storing a bit of radioactive material under your pillow but it's not advisable to do so.
Unless you're digging trenches in the soil or paying the elephant foot a visit, the radioactive material under your pillow is actually almost definitely worse for you (depending on exactly how radioactive we're talking)!
I don't have an answer for you, but it will be a hard one in general to get answered as cell phone radiation dangers is one of those highly controversial subjects that have been riddled with pseudoscience and quacks. Best of luck though, sincerely.
Note that HN comments are not a useful source for legal or medical advice; please consult with a professional regarding the legal and medical concerns expressed.
(I am not your lawyer, this is not legal advice, I don't work for Apple in any capacity.)
Honey, never underestimate the impact of your well intentioned advice.
I am always amused and annoyed when ChatGPT gives me amazing medical, psychological and legal advice (that I simply can't afford myself, just a factory worker), and ends it with 'but contact a real doctor/shrink for real advice'.
Advice which is just an echo of wise words spoken by people like you, for which I'm always grateful.
Someone has to refer them to a professional, and certainly it’s unlikely anyone else will. I looked and there’s already a nice selection of replies as predicted, so I’m still comfortable with my contribution here.
> Honey,
Is this an autocorrect typo for something relevant in this context? I wasn’t sure how to interpret it, so apologies if I’ve disregarded something important in my reply.
