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Annoyingly, putting your device in a shielded evidence bag without turning it off can cause its various radios to franticly seek connections and even amplify th
by motohagiography 5y ago
Annoyingly, putting your device in a shielded evidence bag without turning it off can cause its various radios to franticly seek connections and even amplify their signals until they completely empty your battery.
Useful to have if you are curious about protests or concerts and other gatherings of people with a significant criminal element who could get your IMEI stingray-ed and then palantir-ed.
- Arrath 5y agoI usually change my phone to airplane mode for long drives or hikes through signal-less wilderness, otherwise they'll thrash around searching frantically for signal until they drain the battery outrageously fast. It's really quite annoying.