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

[der Mouse <mouse () Rodents Montreal QC CA>]

> > > Or leave out the battery.
> > Well yes, but [...] [i]f 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.

That's true - though they'll actually know where the phone is, and only
to cell precision unless they target you specifically.

> 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?

Because of how much it increases battery life. :-)

> Or that the phone isn't recording everything you say and hear?

> Firmware rootkits are so much fun :)

That's one reason I stick to older phones.

                                        der Mouse
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