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Re:I'm a security engineer and I still almost got scammed by enlyth on Thursday April 21, 2022 @10:14AM (#31109663)
My apartment has almost no phone signal so I started leaving my phone on airplane mode. Best decision I've ever made, it's been like this for 6 months now without issues. With friends and family I call through facetime/whatsapp/etc. anyway.

It also makes the battery last twice as long.

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Re:I'm a security engineer and I still almost got scammed by leephillips on Thursday April 21, 2022 @10:25AM (#31109833)
Doesn’t airplane mode also turn off the WiFi radio? Maybe it depends on the phone. But if it does, how can you use WhatsApp, etc.?
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Re:I'm a security engineer and I still almost got scammed by BenjiWiebe on Thursday April 21, 2022 @10:30AM (#31109899)
You can turn WiFi back on.
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Re:I'm a security engineer and I still almost got scammed by leephillips on Thursday April 21, 2022 @10:41AM (#31110063)
Haha. I actually knew that and have done it, but forgot that it was possible. Thanks.
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