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Hi all,

I've searched the forum but was not able to find related info. I was wondering if it is possible to switch off the 3G / Wi-Fi / Bluetooth connections (perhaps the keyless entry component as well) either through the touchscreen or a hardware jumper/switch (like the "airplane mode" on mobile phones or disabling WLAN on a wireless router)? This would be very helpful when carrying electrosensitive passengers or if the car is in an area that requires no such signals be transmitted.

Also, does anyone know whether these transmission antennas are located? Another concern is possibly health related as the car (not limited to Model S but most modern cars; not my 2001 Prius though :)) may function like a Faraday cage. If antennas are inside the cabin, a lot of radiation will be bouncing around inside the metallic cabin before escaping through glass, creating radiation hotspots (not enough to heat anything up, but experimental evidences have shown that prolonged elevated exposure to rapidly pulsed EM do affect biological processes at the cellular level).

Thanks.

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