Comment by pluralmonad
7 hours ago
The difference between physical and software controls is pretty straightforward. (Closed source) software controls are just asking politely. Physical controls are making it so.
7 hours ago
The difference between physical and software controls is pretty straightforward. (Closed source) software controls are just asking politely. Physical controls are making it so.
If your threat model includes airplane mode not working as intended, you probably shouldn't carry a phone at all.
May be but corporate greed for data surveillance occasionally surpasses the needs of state actors so much that they'll voluntarily invent features on the same level.
Google/Apple can in the future announce a "safety" feature that periodically announce Airtag'ish Bluetooth beacons even when in Airplane or powered off mode.
Comes down to the model of trust as much as any threat model. I don't need to perceive or even conceive of a specific threat to want to safeguard my privacy, even aggressively if I so desire.
If the threat model includes surveillance capitalism, then the faraday cage is actually a pretty reasonable counter measure.
It blocks nfc, bluetooth and wifi. The last time I checked, airplane mode left those on, and so did the toplevel “turn this radio off” buttons in iOS.