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So can apple turn off all iphones in Montana in retaliation. Bet it would be easier/cheaper to cut off those customers than implement any changes. Android pho

• falcolas 3y ago
  It'd be hard to identify a phone associated with a "Montana citizen". Not impossible, but I think that based on Apple and Google's comments on these laws that they haven't built the functionality in. GeoIP doesn't work because carriers (especially in Montana) tend to assign IPs from surrounding states as much as they do local cities. When I'm on the cell network, I'm regularly identified as coming out of Denver. Phone number area codes are equally useless, since half the folks I know here in Montana have area codes from outside states. GPS would be the best bet, though I feel like even that would have some major caveats (the use would have to be decoupled from the location services controls/displays, something they don't do for even their own apps right now). Also, people rely on cellphones for emergency services. A manufacturer shutting down phones would probably expose them to some serious liabilities.
  • JumpCrisscross 3y ago
    > It'd be hard to identify a phone associated with a "Montana citizen" Credit card billing address.
    • falcolas 3y ago
      That is definitely another method, but there's no guarantee that Apple or Google has my credit card.
  • yunwal 3y ago
    Most smartphones, including iPhones, have the ability to be locked but still allow calls to emergency contacts and services.