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I can think of several scenarios: * I lost the phone hiking somewhere with no signal * I lost the phone / it was stolen while in airplane mode * I lost the p
by Slippery_John 7y ago
I can think of several scenarios:
* I lost the phone hiking somewhere with no signal
* I lost the phone / it was stolen while in airplane mode
* I lost the phone while traveling abroad without any local service
This finding service will work for wifi-only ipads, wifi-only apple watches, and macbooks in addition to the likely tracking tokens.
- Fnoord 7y agoStolen while in airplane mode, and you're going to rely on BLE? A "good" thief would learn that he'd need to carry around a Faraday cage (read: some tinfoil) to block the signals. The only disadvantage is that the act of putting tinfoil around an iPhone then becomes suspicious.
- marcinzm 7y agoThey'd just have a tinfoil lined bag. No suspicion. I bet you can buy one one Amazon for next to nothing as it is.
- alexkavon 7y agoSomeone could wrap a phone in tinfoil pretty quickly or have one ready-made in the shape of a pouch. Or start carrying a special pouch that stops signals.[0] Either way once you remove the phone from sight, the suspicion is probably over. The only next step is to kill the signal. [0] https://www.overyondr.com/howitworks https://www.overyondr.com/howitworks
- V99 7y agoYondr pouches don't actually block RF, they just physically prevent you from using the phone because it's in a sack held closed with a magnetic lock.
- alexkavon 7y agoAh good to know. I assumed they were lined with lead and/or tinfoil
- matt-attack 7y agoSeems undesirable if it doesn't automatically silence the phone by disabling incoming calls. If they still ring while in a sealed back, then I don't see the "artists" they're marketing yondor to, being very happy.
- serf 7y agoYondr doesn't want to be entirely responsible for the repercussions of disabling your phone, they just don't want you answering it inside the venue.
- eridius 7y agoThey remind you to disable the ringer before putting it in the bag.
- oarsinsync 7y agoIf I'm someone who works in actual life and death related matters and on a regular on-call schedule, I need to be able to 1) Still continue to have a life 2) Not have my phone completely disabled just because I went to see a comedy gig. Having to leave the comedy gig when my phone starts vibrating in the bag is a good compromise, as is wearing a smart watch that can notify me exactly what the call or message is about before I do. The selling point is to reduce visual / audible recordings of the performance, allowing artists to say or do things that may be problematic when taken out of context.
- ars 7y ago> (read: some tinfoil) Try it. Wrap your phone in tinfoil then call it. It will still ring. It's harder than it looks to make a Faraday cage.