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Re:Google Home by ryan_lane on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @03:21PM (#11724949)
Cell phones aren't allowed into classified environments in US government buildings because they can be remotely turned into listening devices without the owner's knowledge. There's been guidance on this for a long time. The cell phone in your pocket is definitely a surveillance device.

Let's be real. You don't keep your phone in a Faraday bag and you probably never will.

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Re:Google Home by ilogik on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @03:33PM (#11725082)
Even if you do, it can still record audio, and transmit it when you take it out
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Re:Google Home by coldtea on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @10:47PM (#11727606)
Ever tried recording audio through a closed bag, Faraday or otherwise? I doubt it would be of much use...
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Re:Google Home by ryan_lane on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @04:08PM (#11725435)
The carrier needs to remotely tell the device to enter into a special mode, so a faraday bag would be an effectively method to block this.
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Re:Google Home by kryptiskt on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @05:51PM (#11726283)
Unless the device is programmed to automatically enter into that mode in the absence of any signal on the assumption that if it is in a shielded location it is likely interesting.
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Re:Google Home by jvolkman on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @04:28PM (#11725613)
Until the next time you take it out of the bag to actually use it.
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