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Re:The Protesters' Guide to Smartphone Security by nightpool on Sunday January 26, 2025 @03:09PM (#42833549)
This would depend on your phone being able to permanently disable its radio, right? I don't know if I would trust my phone well enough for that, I would be worried even in airplane mode about it making some small beacon checks.
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Re:The Protesters' Guide to Smartphone Security by _heimdall on Sunday January 26, 2025 @04:08PM (#42834158)
There are a few devices floating around with a hardware switch built in. If you use a Pixel, grapheme OS is probably pretty trustworthy so you at least no there's nothing nefarious down to the OS level.

But yeah, in general if you take a phone just assume it's tracking you or at least making it possible for those with access to know you where there.

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Re:The Protesters' Guide to Smartphone Security by AnarchismIsCool on Sunday January 26, 2025 @09:07PM (#42836604)
There are Meshtastic devices with keyboards that don't require a phone
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