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> This can be turned off, since implementation. Not by users. The new thing is that Apple allows users to disable this feature. Hopefully they still detect eme
by IshKebab 9mo ago
> This can be turned off, since implementation.
Not by users. The new thing is that Apple allows users to disable this feature. Hopefully they still detect emergency calls on the phone and enable it unconditionally for those.
- AlexanderYamanu 9mo agoyeah, there always was. It's a service code, like getting your imei. But it was a weird long one, and manufacturer dependent. Now UI switches are created for it apparantly. Can't find it anywhere on the internet though. I don't work there anymore, so can't look it up.
- jeroenhd 9mo agoI believe they're talking about this feature (https://support.google.com/android/answer/9319337?sjid=18079157704703435596-EU#send_location_automatically https://support.google.com/android/answer/9319337?sjid=18079...). This is a system you can disable as a user, but it's not the on-modem feature discussed in the article.
- jojobas 9mo agoHow would the modem know your coordinates if the OS doesn't provide them?
- retsl 9mo ago> [...] The baseband implements other functionality such as Wi-Fi and GPS functionality [...] https://grapheneos.org/faq https://grapheneos.org/faq It doesn't need to ask the OS, it can just get the coordinates and send them off.
- KellyCriterion 9mo agoNote sure: In my country exactly this feature is used by police & state enforcement to find locatin, because this "ping" message is not forwarded from the modem to the OS, so the OS is not aware of any of these messages