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Edward Snowden revealed that u need to remove the battery on ur phone to make it "safe", turning it off doesn't do the trick. [Which u can't do anymore]. As ano
by theironhammer 4y ago
Edward Snowden revealed that u need to remove the battery on ur phone to make it "safe", turning it off doesn't do the trick. [Which u can't do anymore]. As another commenter says: leave the phone at home.
- jimbob45 4y agoWhat about a Faraday bag?
- JohnFen 4y agoA faraday bag works (but be sure to test it). Be aware, though, that phones will increase their radio power and retry constantly when they aren't reaching a cell tower. If the increased battery drain is an issue, put your phone in airplane mode first.
- foxyv 4y agoThat is a great option.
- Eumenes 4y agoanyone have any suggestions for a Faraday bag?
- bobsoap 4y agoTwo bags of chips. With or without the chips. https://usa.kaspersky.com/blog/terminator-dark-fate-chips/18843/ https://usa.kaspersky.com/blog/terminator-dark-fate-chips/18...
- JohnFen 4y agoWrapping it in aluminum foil works, too. Anything that completely surrounds the phone with conductive material will do the job.
- devmunchies 4y agotheoretically the phone could still record all audio and then sync with the cloud when back online, but I'm grasping at straws here.
- fsflover 4y agoIn such case the solution is to have hardware kill switches, like on my Librem 5.
- autoexec 4y agoThat kind of phone goes so far to protect your privacy it won't even let you use it to call anyone. (https://www.techrepublic.com/article/librem-5-review-the-linux-based-smartphone-is-not-close-to-consumer-ready/ https://www.techrepublic.com/article/librem-5-review-the-lin...). The real solution is regulation with lots of teeth and oversight, so we don't have to depend on flawed products that don't work.
- fsflover 4y agoThis is an extremely old review, when the software was in beta. Phone calls are working fine for me now. Regulations are great, but I prefer to have both kinds of defense.
- autoexec 4y agoThat's a good sign! I'd given up all hope for the Librem and pinephone. I guess it's time to take another look... I agree that hardware switches are ideal, but I don't see them being common since most of the folks pushing out phones want to use those devices to collect data on the people who buy them.
- JohnFen 4y agoWhy would it, though? If you're the sort who puts your phone into a faraday cage, you're not the sort who will install an app from the stores.
- tenebrisalietum 4y agoAirplane mode has to be able to make it zero-emissions due to FAA regulations, right?
- ahoya 4y ago[dead]
- JohnFen 4y agoThe FAA no longer prohibits this stuff, although the airlines still have their own restrictions. The FAA also only ever had rulemaking about BT and WiFi, because the use of the cell transmitter in flight is prohibited by the FCC, not the FAA. I don't know what the FCC's rules are, precisely.
- kornhole 4y agoI am going to the grocery store, not blowing up a pipeline. I doubt Kroger is going to remotely activate my baseband modem. Even if they did, I have an anonymous phone with a burner SIM.