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If you are sufficiently concerned, why not mod the phone to add a physical battery disconnect? Would this not provide 100% protection?
by djmips 5y ago
If you are sufficiently concerned, why not mod the phone to add a physical battery disconnect? Would this not provide 100% protection?
- bserge 5y agoGreat idea! Kinda hard on glued smartphones, but still doable. Just need a switch between the + terminal and the rest of the phone, right? The more paranoid might think there's a backup battery somewhere, though.
- catlikesshrimp 5y agoIf you are concerned enough, but a phone with physical switches https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/08/22/this-smartphone-has-physical-kill-switches-for-its-cameras-microphone-data-bluetooth-and-wi-fi/ https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/08/22/this-smartphone-has... Or at least phone with a removable battery I know I will never buy a phone without a 3.5 audio jack
- haarts 5y agoThat last sentence surprises me a bit. What does a 3.5 audio jack have to with any of this?
- catlikesshrimp 5y agoManufacturers are always trying to push features that are more profitable to them. As expected. Non-removable batteries is the new standard because of that. (Also stream lining) Which is bad for security (the point of the article) I don't use bluetooth because it is not reliable enough for me, because I don't like charging another device and, less importantly, because in the past it has been exploited to hack devices. The audio jack is the one port I prefer never to part with.
- jmnicolas 5y agoWhat if there's a capacitor inside the phone that has enough electricity inside to let the phone ping cell towers? Depending on your occupation it can have very serious consequences.
- marginalia_nu 5y agoBetter still, just leave it in a drawer.
- pdkl95 5y agoEven better: practice defense in depth and do both.