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Historian · March 24, 2023 at 5:43 am
This is where having a phone with an easily removable battery and a faraday bag comes in very handy. Turn it off, pull the battery, and put it in a bag. No fuss, no tracking, no spying, no problem.
Matthew W · March 24, 2023 at 6:31 am
“Therefore, the best way to reduce the chance of your smartphone listening for beacons is to simply restrict unnecessary permissions you have granted to the apps installed on your device.”
YUP !!!
Turn every thing off that you can.
Michael · March 24, 2023 at 7:22 am
A scene from Casablanca
“I’m Shocked, SHOCKED I say”
Be aware that plenty of removable battery phones have an non-removable battery to keep the internal clocks and such going.
We’ve FOUND Folks in the White Mountain with DEAD Cellphones using that to ping the towers.
So, a farady bag *might* be useful but remember if they are listening does the faraday bag prevent them from listening and Broadcasting when it gets a signal (aka removed from bag)?
Makes you wonder about the rest of the smart devices in your home and car, eh?
Craig · March 24, 2023 at 9:02 am
That is the reason I mention adult toys and assorted kinks around people’s un attended devices.
EN2 SS · March 24, 2023 at 10:47 am
I’ve used iPhones for years and turn off everything that wants to access anything that’s none of the apps f’n business, then turn off Apples tracking of any kind. I’ve never had the unsolicited crap that this post is about, and I talk/text/search crap all the time. I’ve been told by android users that this happens to them, even when everything is turned off, because the ccc sympathizers lie about everything like good little fellow travelers always do. I don’t use google for anything, nor their associated evildoers and totally clean cookies frequently from iPhone and iMac.
TRX · March 25, 2023 at 9:19 am
> “Therefore, the best way to reduce the chance of your smartphone listening for beacons is to simply restrict unnecessary permissions you have granted to the apps installed on your device.”
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[sigh]
It has already been demonstrated, at least with Android, that apps don’t have to pay attention to those settings, and usually don’t. They’re just a placebo, like those “Gun Free Zone” signs.
That bad thing is, even most cheap “flip phones” run some version of Android, and they don’t even have the placebo.
If it’s a cellular phone, it’s probably spying on you.
“Welcome to the real world.”
Divemedic · March 25, 2023 at 9:34 am
Not just phones. Anything connected to the Internet. Your computer, your smart TV, anything. If it has an Internet connection, it’s probably spying on you. If it doesn’t have an Internet connection, it still may be spying on you by using ultrasound beacons.
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