Probably one of the most infamous uses of this trick was done by Ghislaine Maxwell, who was recently arrested for her connection to Jeffrey Epstein. According to NBC, after law enforcement arrested her, they found a phone wrapped in aluminum foil in what officers are calling "a misguided effort to evade detection."

They claim the finding of this phone was evidence that she was attempting to prevent being traced by law enforcement, as the phone would be traced "not by the press or public, which of course would have no ability to trace her phone or intercept her communications, but by law enforcement.”

She is being charged for attempting to persuade young girls to participate in Epstein's known sex trafficking ring, luring girls as young as 14 to work for him.