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Your locations from the time your phone was in airplane mode are uploaded the moment you switch it back to normal Wi-Fi connection. I guess your only choice is
by bitL 7y ago
Your locations from the time your phone was in airplane mode are uploaded the moment you switch it back to normal Wi-Fi connection. I guess your only choice is going full-on tinfoil/Faraday cage-style though that might be a bit impractical while doing the deeds...
- persistent 7y agoIs that true on Android? On iOS location APIs just don't work in airplane mode.
- nradov 7y agoAndroid allows the user to turn location on in airplane mode.
- twothamendment 7y agoYes, I do this all the time when I'm hiking out backpacking. Without any cell or WiFi nearby I try to save battery by turning them off. When I want to check a location on my map I enable the location long enough to get a GPS fix and turn it off.
- bradyd 7y agoI just tested this on my iPhone and location works just fine in airplane mode, even with WiFi off.
- persistent 7y agoI wonder why. Mine doesn't work, it says location could not be determined. iPhone 7, iOS 12.4.
- saagarjha 7y agoIt's probably using GPS, which AFAIK is not affected by Airplane Mode (probably because it's passive?)
- tomatotomato37 7y agoThe entire premise of this is flawed; instead of trying to come up with a way to make the tracking device you're carrying stop tracking, maybe you should just not carry the tracking device in the first place. Leaving your phone at home when go and rob a bank is like Criminal 101.
- samsonradu 7y agoYou might need Maps to avoid traffic on your way out.
- cypherpunks01 7y agoAnd how exactly are you supposed to Uber to the bank and back without a phone??
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- davinic 7y agoI'm surprised I had to come this far to find the reasonable answer. Opsec 101.
- cryptonector 7y agoIt's not the only reasonable answer. Leaving your phone powered on and at home works too. Powering it off might stick out, actually.
- davinic 7y agoThe comment I replied to said nothing about turning your phone off, only leaving it at home. > you should just not carry the tracking device in the first place
- bitL 7y agoBaseband processor might be running even on a phone that is seemingly turned off. That's why crime bosses discussing breaking bad always removed their batteries. That might also not work 100% if there were large capacitors inside the phone...
- fnord77 7y agoit's conceivable with even the phone powered off that the GPS processor could still be running in an ultra-low power mode doing geolocation fixes every n-seconds and storing them in a cache on the chip. So I guess a Faraday cage would be the only sure way...
- wyldfire 7y agoOr turn it off. Or leave it at home.
- xkcd-sucks 7y agoI've done some neuro/ephys related collaborations where I installed stuff inside a room sheathed in all 6 sides in solid, grounded copper. Inside with the door shut, the wifi and LTE were both good enough to stream video!!! Although, they say it did a good job at cutting the 60hz noise. Personally I would learn a little bit more about Faraday cage design before trusting anything to it besides lightning strikes
- im3w1l 7y agoInteresting! Do you think the signal propagated through the copper or snuck in through some hole or slit?
- kaybe 7y agoHigh-frequency emissions love long thin gaps. Just grounding the parts against each other is not enough, you have to close the longer gaps, eg with copper tape with conductive glue (sold in electronics shops) and the surface below must be blank too. If you do not do this the gaps might even function as an antenna and amplify the signal. Also, cables coming outside of your box must be shielded too.
- xkcd-sucks 7y agoTypically there was a 2" conduit carrying DC power cables and the seam around the door might not have been sealed, so probably that. Also had similar results with fridges, and they have rubber seals on the door gap. So probably leaking through cracks.