News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Samsung, Nokia say they don’t know how to track a powered-down phone.

Re:Samsung, Nokia say they don’t know how to track a powered... by doctorstupid on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @08:02AM (#6717502)
Why is it that when flying, we are sometimes requested to put phones into flight mode before switching them off?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Samsung, Nokia say they don’t know how to track a powered... by 46Bit on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @08:07AM (#6717523)
At a guess it might be so that if you turn it back on during flight it's already in airplane mode?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Samsung, Nokia say they don’t know how to track a powered... by doctorstupid on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @06:14AM (#6724470)
Good thinking.
[ Parent | on HN ]