Re: [privacy] preserve your privacy and avoid reliance on flawed systems (was: Dispute Credit Card Charges at Your Peril)

[James Kehl <shykta () dione ids pl>]

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006, der Mouse wrote:

> > Or leave out the battery.
>
> Well yes, but then it has no use - well, unless you carry the battery
> along, just not in the phone (or, equivalently, carry it turned off).
> If you leave it set silent, you can still use it to make calls out
> without having to wait for it to boot.

Then it also becomes useful if your Friendly Helpful Government Officials
want to know where you are.

For the extremely paranoid, taking the battery out will also help if you
don't trust the firmware - how do you know the off button turns off the RF
engine and not just the LCD? Or that the phone isn't recording everything
you say and hear?

Firmware rootkits are so much fun :)

James
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