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This is missing the point, I think. The point is not to be disconnected entirely, it’s to have control over that connection. While driving, one can turn off the
by amarshall 5y ago
This is missing the point, I think. The point is not to be disconnected entirely, it’s to have control over that connection. While driving, one can turn off their phone, run a fully open-source device, old-school GPS, or whatever. But cars don’t give much if any control over the software they’re running or their broader connectivity. They’re oft becoming highly-integrated proprietary devices.
- wintermutestwin 5y agoGood point, but can't your phone's location still be tracked when powered off?
- sjwalter 5y agoExactly one phone on the market, the latest and greatest Apple phone, has this capability. So, no. My flipphone can't be tracked when the battery is taken out.
- amarshall 5y agoThis functionality can be disabled in Settings, though.
- amarshall 5y agoMaybe, but in the most paranoid case it’s a lot more practical and straightforward to put a small device in a faraday cage or remove the battery than doing so for the car being actively driven.