We do not know what your daily grind is like, but we’re constantly fending off the ever-present threat of commercial espionage. For whatever reason, here’s something we’ve yet to aim: the standard household biscuit tin. Word has is that the skinny, metal baked goods holder is superb for keeping the eyes of potential saboteurs faraway from your secret-storing mobile devices. AFP is reporting that executives at a German chemical company have begun carrying their phones around inside the boxes to offer protection to them from the kinds of electromagnetic radiation used to steal valuable information from the handsets. No word on what number of the devices involved are running Gingerbread or similar pastry-based operating systems.
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