• sim642@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Only mic and camera? It should also turn off GPS, accelerometer, etc. Filming the inside of my pocket isn’t the biggest tracking concern. People are just afraid someone’s watching them masturbate all the time.

    • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The article states that there is second switch to diaable wifi, data, gps etc that is essentially an airplane mode.

        • macaroni1556@lemmy.ca
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          1 year ago

          Yeah a hard switch that switches in a dummy load instead of the antennas would be excellent

          But it could hit battery life without also turning off the radios

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      1 year ago

      Isn’t GPS just 3 sattelites passively shouting their clock to any who could listen? There’s no GPS kill switch because there’s nothing transmitted. WIFI kill switch is more understandable.

      • ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Your point is solid. But GPS position requires a signal from at least 3 satellites to work. There are a whole lot more than 3 in the sky.

      • sim642@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Privacy isn’t just about your device not emitting signals… If you don’t want your device and apps to track your location, you also don’t want to receive those GPS signals.

    • Caveman@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I really like having the mic off so Google doesn’t try to sell me something I mentioned a private conversation