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Re:Tell HN: Your Android carrier can remotely turn settings on by Blue111 on Monday December 12, 2022 @01:39PM (#33958408)
> It's only gotten worse as phones have gotten more capable

I wish my cellphone would not have all those sensors for this reason...

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Re:Tell HN: Your Android carrier can remotely turn settings on by javajosh on Monday December 12, 2022 @01:54PM (#33958581)
The camera and mic are pretty easy to destroy if you want to get rid of them!
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Re:Tell HN: Your Android carrier can remotely turn settings on by dividuum on Monday December 12, 2022 @02:37PM (#33959125)
Time to put on that tin foil hat and read: https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3309074.3309076 :-)
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Re:Tell HN: Your Android carrier can remotely turn settings on by Blue111 on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @08:37AM (#33968621)
There's a bunch of other sensors though... also don't forget that there is often more then one microphone... like on the Pixel 7
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Re:Tell HN: Your Android carrier can remotely turn settings on by bonestamp2 on Monday December 12, 2022 @02:13PM (#33958835)
That's not a bad idea... then just connect an external mic (headset) when you need one.
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