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Re:iPhone remains findable after power off by Animats on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @05:05PM (#28699942)
But if they actually turned off power, they'd lose track of where you are. They'd lose the tracking information needed for marketing. Can't have that.

Does "airplane mode" still shut off all transmitters?

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Re:iPhone remains findable after power off by steve_avery on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @07:14PM (#28701225)
Airplane mode definitely does not disable Bluetooth - especially if you are using airpods or other Bluetooth headsets. BT radio will stay on so you can keep listening through the flight. WiFi is also able to be toggled on while airplane mode is enabled. The only thing that airplane mode does is ostensibly turn off the mobile network connectivity
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Re:iPhone remains findable after power off by gtirloni on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @05:38PM (#28700321)
Do you have any evidence that location tracking actually works when the phone is turned off (even with the Find My Phone feature enabled)?
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Re:iPhone remains findable after power off by fastball on Thursday September 30, 2021 @05:37AM (#28704564)
The data is encrypted with your iCloud Keychain. Apple doesn't have access to it.
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