Comment on How Do I Prepare My Phone for a Protest?
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 months agodoesn’t have to be powered on.
unless you can remove the battery, it should stay at home.
Comment on How Do I Prepare My Phone for a Protest?
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 months agodoesn’t have to be powered on.
unless you can remove the battery, it should stay at home.
bigpEE@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Source? EFF says airplane mode is sufficient per the article
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 months ago
so you’re going yo trust the government funded org to tell you how to not be tracked by the government?
better yet, you’re going to trust the company that actively works with the government under national defense that wants to track you to protect national defense?
no thanks. I’d rather be safe than detained.
bigpEE@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Until I see a shred of evidence that airplane mode doesn’t disable the radios, yes, I’m going to trust the manufacturers, the EFF, and my background in EE
dhork@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I tend to agree (and also an EE). Airplane mode isn’t a total panacea, though. It just disables the cellular radio. While it also disables the Wifi and Bluetooth, those can always be turned back on, even while Airplane Mode is active. A motivated state actor can absolutely track via Wifi or Bluetooth. (Possibly even NFC, but the range on that is so low that I think it would impossible to do without seeing what is tracking you).
Turning the phone off is the best solution if you want to keep rhe phone on your person. Guaranteed that all possible avenues for tracking is off, and also has the advantage that even if the phone is seized, the latest phone OSes require the passcode before doing anything at all when they first power up. Even the Police are limited in the data they can get off a phone that has just powered up and is asking for the passcode.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 months ago
cool. you do you then.
I’ll keep doing whatever I need to ensure my freedom by not trusting government or corporate guidelines.
FE80@lemmy.world 2 months ago
What government funding does the EFF take in?
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 months ago
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