# Does anyone know if this anti 5G usb stick works? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 3, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-anti-5g-usb-stick-works/855011 "2020-06-03T22:07:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Garak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d78d45/32.png) [@Garak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garak)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-anti-5g-usb-stick-works/855011/1 "2020-06-03T22:07:15Z")
[https://5gbioshield.com/](https://5gbioshield.com/) Looks cool but the prices are a bit high but i guess there is no price on health ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-anti-5g-usb-stick-works/855011/2 "2020-06-03T22:08:43Z")
First, 5G isn’t a health threat. Second, it’s a scam: [Trading Standards squad targets anti-5G USB stick - BBC News](https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52810220) ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-anti-5g-usb-stick-works/855011/3 "2020-06-03T22:36:49Z")
So, for the scammers who sell it, it DOES work. Dan ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-anti-5g-usb-stick-works/855011/4 "2020-06-03T22:38:48Z")
I think we can safely say that everyone who uses one of those will be safe from the harmful effects of 5G radiation. In the same way my luck rock has done a bang-up job of preventing Dragon attacks. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-anti-5g-usb-stick-works/855011/5 "2020-06-03T22:44:44Z")
That gadget is a 128MB, $2 surplus flash drive marketed to the gullible. It does nothing but store (very small) digital files. It’s an [out-n-out fraud](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/05/5g-conspiracy-theorists-sell-350-usb-stick-to-fight-electric-fog/), just like the [ADE651](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651) bomb detector. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-anti-5g-usb-stick-works/855011/6 "2020-06-03T22:47:18Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > That gadget is a 128MB, $2 surplus flash drive marketed to the gullible. It does nothing but store (very small) digital files. It’s an [out-n-out fraud](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/05/5g-conspiracy-theorists-sell-350-usb-stick-to-fight-electric-fog/), just like the [ADE651](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651) bomb detector. Very small? I’ll have you know some of us have used computers where everything fit on hard drives smaller than that! (Very small… I’m not even in AARP yet, I’ll show her small…) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-anti-5g-usb-stick-works/855011/7 "2020-06-03T22:51:03Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Very small? I’ll have you know some of us have used computers where everything fit on hard drives smaller than that! You had hard drives? We had to use paper tape and punch each hole individually! And we liked it! Don’t get me started on gluing chads back into punch cards to reuse them… ---
**Author:** ![vonespy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vonespy/32/6204_2.png) [@vonespy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vonespy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-anti-5g-usb-stick-works/855011/8 "2020-06-03T22:51:12Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > just like the [ADE651](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651) bomb detector. … how did ANYONE fall for THAT? ---
**Author:** ![vonespy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vonespy/32/6204_2.png) [@vonespy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vonespy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-anti-5g-usb-stick-works/855011/9 "2020-06-03T22:53:06Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Very small? I’ll have you know some of us have used computers where everything fit on hard drives smaller than that! > > (Very small… I’m not even in AARP yet, I’ll show her small…) 20mb hard drive for an Atari ST was my first non-floppy non-cassette drive. It could hold the equivalent of ~60 floppy disks at the time. Whoo! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-anti-5g-usb-stick-works/855011/10 "2020-06-03T22:53:10Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Very small? I’ll have you know some of us have used computers where everything fit on hard drives smaller than that! > > (Very small… I’m not even in AARP yet, I’ll show her small…) My first computer that came with a hard drive (Apple IIe before it) had 80mb. We added a second, slightly bigger hard drive when we started running out of space. It probably had 4mb of ram. Having to uninstall one thing to use another got old in a hurry. I’m still amazed that you can buy a thumb drive, that holds nearly 2000x as much, is the size of a tylenol and costs less than $20. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-anti-5g-usb-stick-works/855011/11 "2020-06-03T22:58:21Z")
I was just wondering what the heck an “anti 5G USB stick” was before I opened this thread. I was thinking “It’s a USB stick, and it’s NOT 5GB, but how big is it?” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-anti-5g-usb-stick-works/855011/12 "2020-06-03T23:33:04Z")
> [@Garak](#): > > [https://5gbioshield.com/](https://5gbioshield.com/) Related question; when you visit that site, you first get a window that says, “Checking your browser before accessing [5gbioshield.com](http://5gbioshield.com).” I’ve seen that a few times. What are such thing doing? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-anti-5g-usb-stick-works/855011/13 "2020-06-03T23:37:50Z")
I had a Timex Sinclair. It used a cassette tape recorder (not provided) for its memory. When I wrote my Masters’ thesis some years later, I used a MacIntosh - the entire thesis fit on one 3.5 inch floppy (believe me I had several backups). ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-anti-5g-usb-stick-works/855011/14 "2020-06-03T23:54:44Z")
I have a USB stick that repels tigers. Proof? Zero tigers around here. Yours for just $200. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-anti-5g-usb-stick-works/855011/15 "2020-06-03T23:58:16Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > I have a USB stick that repels tigers. Proof? Zero tigers around here. Yours for just $200. How will you keep the tigers away without it? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-anti-5g-usb-stick-works/855011/16 "2020-06-04T00:00:46Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Related question; when you visit that site, you first get a window that says, “Checking your browser before accessing [5gbioshield.com](http://5gbioshield.com).” I’ve seen that a few times. What are such thing doing? Checking for security vulnerabilities would be my guess. > [@running\_coach](#): > > How will you keep the tigers away without it? He’s got a few more in the back. _shhhhh_ ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-anti-5g-usb-stick-works/855011/17 "2020-06-04T00:07:39Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > How will you keep the tigers away without it? I have a patented process for infusing USB sticks with tiger-repelling properties using crystalline pyramids and homeopathic dilutions of tiger essence. Easy to make more. ---
**Author:** ![UDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecae2f/32.png) [@UDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-anti-5g-usb-stick-works/855011/18 "2020-06-04T01:01:01Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Related question; when you visit that site, you first get a window that says, “Checking your browser before accessing [5gbioshield.com](http://5gbioshield.com).” I’ve seen that a few times. What are such thing doing? Nothing, most likely. Just like the product they are hawking. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-anti-5g-usb-stick-works/855011/19 "2020-06-04T01:32:27Z")
Why, gotta say that’s some mighty fine BS technobabble they’re slinging in their materials. Can almost hear it in the voice of Tom Baker or Brett Spiner. And as for effectiveness, well, I suppose as \*\*Dandan \*\*mentions it is reasonably effective at collecting people’s money; sale of the first unit probably already put them above total costs. > [@vonespy](#): > > > [@Musicat](#): > > > > just like the [ADE651](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651) bomb detector. > > … how did ANYONE fall for THAT? Hey, homeopathy is a business based on nothingness, this at least has some hardware. The larger public sector purchasing decisions OTOH smell to me of kickbacks, or perhaps promotional nights-on-the-town with ladies and substances normally beyond the public servant’s budget. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-anti-5g-usb-stick-works/855011/20 "2020-06-04T02:31:53Z")
I have a USA anti-5G device. What does it do, you ask? It protects you, ese. > [@vonespy](#): > > … how did ANYONE fall for THAT? That was a whole big thing a few years back. I did [a Google search](https://www.google.com/search?q=Iraq+dowsing+bombs&oq=Iraq+dowsing+bombs&gs_l=mobile-heirloom-hp.3...26.14253.0.15110.19.18.1.0.0.0.1208.8388.2j4j2j2j6-5j2.17.0....0...1c.1.34.mobile-heirloom-hp..13.6.2350.tAgnDvz4xWY) for a good news link, but there are lots of good ones there from the story as it progressed, so look at a few. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-anti-5g-usb-stick-works/855011.md?page=2)