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Re:Google is silently linking your phone number across all s... by fwn on Thursday October 15, 2026 @05:35AM (#50101302)
Many professional service firms do not allow BYOD. Depending on your job, you may end up with per-mandate phones.

I once had to take four phones with me for a short while and ended up looking like an absolute clown, stacking them on the restaurant table.

Not having to do that is a privilege.

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Re:Google is silently linking your phone number across all s... by cowlevel on Thursday October 15, 2026 @09:21AM (#50103305)
Why did you stack your phones on the table?

I thought it was funny putting the camera stickers on multiple phones at a nightclub entrance.

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Re:Google is silently linking your phone number across all s... by tosapple on Friday October 16, 2026 @01:15AM (#50114363)
nfc or qi attack available through stacking, not a good idea.

or even speaker to mic data exfiltration.

or screen flickering against another light sensor in a dark space.

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