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Re:Is your smartphone listening to you? by digi_owl on Sunday June 05, 2016 @03:37PM (#11842696)
Well in my case there is no sim in the slot, so i can't say i care.
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Re:Is your smartphone listening to you? by yrro on Sunday June 05, 2016 @05:49PM (#11843323)
That doesn't stop it communicating with the mobile network. At least in the UK, you can still call emergency numbers (999, Childline, Samaritans(?)) without a SIM.
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Re:Is your smartphone listening to you? by razakel on Monday June 06, 2016 @10:50AM (#11847172)
>That doesn't stop it communicating with the mobile network. At least in the UK, you can still call emergency numbers (999, Childline, Samaritans(?)) without a SIM.

You haven't been able to do this since 2009. It was changed due to the high volume of hoax calls.

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Re:Is your smartphone listening to you? by yrro on Monday June 06, 2016 @08:10PM (#11851510)
Huh. Someone should tell my phone; it still displays 'emergency calls only' when it is unable to connect to my own provider's towers.
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Re:Is your smartphone listening to you? by razakel on Friday June 10, 2016 @02:13PM (#11878566)
>Huh. Someone should tell my phone; it still displays 'emergency calls only' when it is unable to connect to my own provider's towers.

That's emergency roaming. You can call emergency numbers provided there's signal from any network and you have a SIM installed.

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Re:Is your smartphone listening to you? by jacquesm on Sunday June 05, 2016 @05:33PM (#11843236)
It still has an ID (IMEI).
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