Most modern devices track the phone even when it’s turned off. If you can’t remove the battery, leave it at home.
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wanderwisley@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Turn it off and leave it at home.
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 7 months ago
MangoCats@feddit.it 7 months ago
When I shut the lid on my work computer I assumed it was “off” or at least inactive. My home network showed me it was continuing to “check in” throughout the night.
RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Closing the lid typically does sleep or hibernate, both of which can still be active. I’ve had many windows updates overnight with the lid closed.
MangoCats@feddit.it 7 months ago
Typical isn’t relevant in a corporate controlled image which they push automatic updates to. Whatever “typical” was can be changed with the next update push.
twice_hatch@midwest.social 7 months ago
Oh, this? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_My
You can turn that off, I’m pretty sure.
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I would not be surprised if it can only be “turned off.”
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Leave it on at home.
“Your honor, as you can see from my mobile device location history, I never even left my house that day.”
Not that that’ll actually work or that they’ll care, but still…
Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 7 months ago
“I let my landlord borrow my car, though. He said it was important.”
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 7 months ago
They likely have the data to show it didn’t move at all. Eg it wasn’t on your person.
weariedfae@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
You underestimate how much of a couch potato I am. Not moving is normal lol.
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 7 months ago
Even sitting on a couch moves your phone more than simply laying on a table. They can use accelerometer data to determine how, if at all, it moved.
KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
If I’m sitting on the couch, the phone is not on me. It’s on the table next to me or on a counter somewhere. I don’t even always look at it if I get a message. Sometimes I’ll wait hours after I get a message to read it.
JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
Put a harness on your put and put it on the harness. Boom, instant spoofing.
MangoCats@feddit.it 7 months ago
Movement data shows that you scratch your fleas a lot, you should do something about that.
Patch@feddit.uk 7 months ago
Ask a non-protesting friend or family member to take it with them about their daily routine?
I’m sure my mum would be happy to look after my phone for a day if it meant getting one over on three authorities. And if anyone asks, I’m just a good son who likes to hang out with his mum.
biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Even better, have your tv on the whole time, so if the tv sends telemetry data that’s also linked to the phone, it’ll show you were at home the whole time.