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Re:Preparing for Malicious Uses of AI by shostack on Thursday February 22, 2018 @02:24PM (#16440565)
Is simply turning off your device while there a solution? Asking as someone who may travel to the UK and EU this year.
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Re:Preparing for Malicious Uses of AI by bitL on Thursday February 22, 2018 @03:53PM (#16441282)
No, there are stealth SMS messages and your baseband processor is receiving/answering them even when phone is off but battery is inside.

https://github.com/CellularPrivacy/Android-IMSI-Catcher-Dete...

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Re:Preparing for Malicious Uses of AI by PoachedSausage on Thursday February 22, 2018 @02:59PM (#16440859)
I'm speculating, you could try asking GCHQ. With SDRs so compact and cheap these days the chances are high that they are installed in such places as airports and train stations. It is fairly safe to assume that turning things off should prevent most data leakage, but for the truly paranoid you would have to remove all the sewn RFID tags from your clothes and not carry contactless enabled cards.
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