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[-] kennismigrant@feddit.nl 67 points 1 year ago

Why not bring your phone?

Your SIM/IMEI are tied to your ID. The police can visit you at home later. Details depend on the country.

[-] ninpnin@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago
[-] LoamImprovement@beehaw.org 20 points 1 year ago

Don't trust the surveillance device to turn off because you ask nicely. Leaving it at home helps sell the idea that you weren't at the protest you were at.

[-] ninpnin@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Do you actually know anything about software or are you just saying things

[-] kennismigrant@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago

If you have an iPhone you can go ahead and try Flight Mode right now. You'll see that it disconnects from WiFi and disables cellular. NFC, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi stay powered on, Bluetooth stays active. Yes, latest iOS has Bluetooth tracking protection on by default (varies by country, illegal in some), but it is not completely safe. I'm not sure about NFC and Wi-Fi. If you power the phone off it is unlikely to turn off the radios - they are needed for "find my iPhone" and similar features on Google and Samsung Galaxy phones.

Overall you can't be confident that your phone does not reveal your location and identity to "law enforcement", especially in places where police is well equipped to track you.

[-] ninpnin@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Find my phone doesnt work if your phone isnt connected to the network, let alone if its turned off. Stop spreading misinformation

[-] kennismigrant@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago
[-] ninpnin@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Funnily enough, mu iPhone doesnt say anything about that

EDIT: in the phones that do have it, the find my phone thing works using bluetooth. So still no data directly to the carrier

Your local police department doesn’t have access to this. And they don’t need that, they can just arrest you. You are there in person. That’s the point of a protest.

[-] kennismigrant@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

And they don’t need that, they can just arrest you

I run faster than cunts in riot gear. I wouldn't be typing this otherwise.

[-] ninpnin@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Oh common what the fuck are you talking about

[-] Micromot@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm pretty sure the SIM still connects to cell towers even if you have mobile data deactivated

Edit: on most phones it prevents the connection but there are still other ways to track like GPS

[-] ninpnin@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

The GPS data will not be sent to the carrier, will it? And your phone will only be searched if they can tell its you in the first place. In which case you got caught physically there anyway.

Also this no id thing is confusing to me. I guess its just american law. In many other countries, they just jail you until you tell them who you are.

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