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Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones by incompatible on Monday April 29, 2019 @08:37PM (#19784034)
I suppose the safest method would be to switch off a phone, or switch it to airplane mode, while driving. Would a requirement to use such an app while driving prevent that approach?
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Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones by dillonmckay on Monday April 29, 2019 @11:45PM (#19784999)
Airplane mode does not disable GPS, nor any of the other sensors.

The data can be queued locally, then uploaded when connectivity is available.

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Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones by mixmastamyk on Monday April 29, 2019 @11:48PM (#19785011)
Turning off location services as well sounds like it should.
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Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones by gnicholas on Monday April 29, 2019 @09:49PM (#19784413)
What if you're using it to navigate?
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Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones by OrgNet on Monday April 29, 2019 @10:34PM (#19784639)
You can use an app like Offline Maps & Navigation that doesn't require the internet (after downloading the required maps)... and I think that Google Maps allows you to bring navigation instructions offline.
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Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones by gnicholas on Monday April 29, 2019 @10:59PM (#19784761)
Sure, that's possible. But that means foregoing traffic alerts and redirections.

And it means you can't share your location with other people so they can track your progress. I do this on long trips so the people I'm driving to can see where I am without having to contact/disturb me.

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Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones by OrgNet on Monday April 29, 2019 @11:38PM (#19784961)
Sure there are trade-offs, but anyways, I guess this app could be recording all the tracking data onto internal memory until you switch airplane mode back off and then transfer it to the insurance company.
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Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones by incompatible on Monday April 29, 2019 @11:38PM (#19784958)
Sure if you want to use online navigation / tracking you'd need to have it switched on. In many other cases, this wouldn't be necessary.
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