The GoDark® Faraday Bag for Tablets is a premium signal-blocking pouch engineered to completely isolate tablets and similarly sized devices from all wireless communication, including cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and RFID signals. Constructed with multiple layers of high-shielding Faraday fabric, it prevents remote access, tracking, evidence tampering, and unauthorized data transmission the moment a device is sealed inside.
Trusted by law enforcement, digital forensics professionals, pen testers, and privacy-conscious individuals, the GoDark® bag ensures devices are preserved in a pristine, unaltered state during transport and storage. It is equally well suited for everyday users who want to protect sensitive personal data from remote exploits or location tracking.
- Blocks cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and RFID signals completely
- Preserves digital evidence integrity for forensic chain-of-custody requirements
- Prevents remote wiping, unauthorized access, and covert tracking
- Durable construction designed for field use by security and investigative professionals
Tablets are the device people forget
Security routines tend to cover phones and laptops and skip tablets, which is a gap rather than an oversight worth tolerating. A tablet holds the same messages, documents, photographs and account sessions as the devices around it. Many have their own cellular radios. Most have GPS, a microphone and two cameras. In practice they travel more loosely than laptops and get left in more places.
A Faraday bag sized for a tablet closes that gap the same way it does for any device: a conductive enclosure that blocks cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and satellite positioning in both directions while sealed. It is a physical property of the bag, not a software state the device or a remote administrator can override.
The uses that matter
Evidence. A tablet involved in an investigation, a family law matter or an employment dispute must be isolated from networks the moment it is secured. Connected, it can be wiped remotely, can sync deletions made from a linked account on another device, and can accumulate new data that changes the state being preserved. Isolation is standard practice and a shielded bag is how it is done in the field.
Meetings. A tablet on the table has a microphone. If the discussion is privileged or sensitive, bagging devices is a visible, simple discipline that removes the question entirely.
Travel and uncontrolled environments. Hotel rooms, shared workspaces, conferences and transit all involve periods where the device is out of direct control. A sealed bag means it is not reachable and not reporting position during them.
Location privacy. For anyone conducting surveillance, protecting a principal, or dealing with an opposing party who has an interest in their movements, a device that cannot reach a network cannot report where it is.
Sizing
Measure the tablet with the case and keyboard folio you actually use, not the bare device. Folio cases add meaningful thickness, and a keyboard attachment can change the footprint enough to matter. Compare against the internal dimensions listed above, and allow headroom so the closure can be rolled and pressed properly.
The temptation is always to buy the closest fit. Resist it. A bag that is slightly generous seals cleanly and repeatedly; a bag that is exactly right makes the closure awkward, and awkward closures are the ones that fail.
Sealing and verifying
Roll the closure the specified number of turns and press firmly along the full width, paying attention to both corners. Radio energy needs only a small gap, and corners are where gaps live.
Verify with a real test rather than trusting the specification. Seal the tablet while it is connected, then confirm from another device that it has dropped off the network; on a cellular model, confirm that a message or call does not arrive. Repeat every few months. The conductive layer degrades where it is creased repeatedly, and a bag that has stopped shielding looks exactly like one that has not.
Two things to expect: faster battery drain inside, because a device that cannot find a network transmits harder while searching; and an immediate reconnection and position report when it comes out, so choose where you open it.
If the tablet is evidence
Handle the process, not just the device. Record who took custody, when, from where, and everyone who has held it since. Do not browse it — each interaction changes state and hands an opposing party something to question. Do not power it up or down outside a controlled process, since both can trigger encryption behaviour and logging that complicate a clean acquisition.
Seal it, document it, and pass it to someone who performs acquisitions properly. Our digital forensics team covers imaging, analysis and reporting built to hold up under scrutiny.
Care
Store the bag loosely rather than folded flat under weight. Keep sharp items and anything abrasive out of it — a puncture in the conductive layer is a breach whether or not it is visible. Avoid leaving it in a hot vehicle, and inspect the closure surfaces for wear periodically.
Retest on a schedule. These bags last a long time and they do not announce when they stop working.
What it does not do
It controls reachability while the device is sealed inside and does nothing at any other time. It does not remove malware, undo a compromise, or protect an account that anyone with the password can reach from anywhere. It is not a substitute for a strong passcode and device encryption, which are what protect the data if the tablet is simply taken.
Within its scope it is absolute. Knowing exactly where that scope ends is what makes it a useful tool rather than a false comfort.
