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Article author here. This is exactly my point. This could be so much clearer. Think about when you open a private window in Chrome. There's a clear warning tha
by gjsman-1000 4y ago
Article author here. This is exactly my point. This could be so much clearer.
Think about when you open a private window in Chrome. There's a clear warning that your ISP or school or employer may know what websites you visit anyway. But there's no such warning for smartphones. It just says "Location: Off" and people don't know.
- gowld 4y agohttps://support.google.com/android/answer/3467281 https://support.google.com/android/answer/3467281 Linked from Location Setting. But it doesn't mention carrier tracking your location. That is fundamental to how cell phones work, though, unless you enable Airplane Mode.
- autoexec 4y agoAirplane mode is also a lie (https://old.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/9l57b6/my_phone_was_in_airplane_mode_and_i_still/ https://old.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/9l57b6/m...)
- circuit10 4y agoCould it be receiving signals but not sending them, or is that not how it works?
- autoexec 4y agoI think you'd have to be sending and receiving to stay connected to the towers at all. I haven't tried it, but if it's true that you can still call 911 while in airplane mode then you're certainly sending and receiving. What we need is a "No really, all radios off" switch, preferably a hardware switch, but if we had one maybe people would opt of being tracked all the time.