France halts iPhone 12 sales over radiation levels::Apple has been told it must recall every iPhone 12 sold in the country if it cannot fix the problem.

  • lustrum@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    Fair play to France. It’s above legal levels, properly threatening tech giants is what they need to comply.

  • Mossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.social
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    2 years ago

    This is literally like if France said, “your flashlight is too bright; it’s causing cancer and must be stopped”. The use of the term, “radiation” in this context is disingenuous because they’re basically saying, “the wifi is too strong”. Technically visible light is the same kind of radiation as microwaves, radiowaves, wifi and x-rays. The reason why x-rays are considered harmful and wifi/microwaves/radio/visible light isn’t is because x-rays are much higher energy than the others, and are able to ionize materials they come into contact with. This can cause cancer. You know what doesn’t cause cancer? Wifi. Unless you’re shitting out enough microwave radiation (also not cancer-causing) to cook an egg, it’s pretty harmless. This is the kinda shit anti-vax Facebook moms get upset about. They hear “radiation” and their knee jerks so hard it shatters their jaw.

    • Taleya@aussie.zone
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      2 years ago

      ‘Here is a hard limit. Don’t exceed it’

      Apple alone out of every mobile phone manufacturer, including themsleves as this is a single model in question exceeds

      You: YOUR LIMIT IS BAD