Phones send airtag-like signals when turned completely off nowadays.
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bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days agoTo be fair, if you’re going to do something really illegal, you shouldn’t bring your phone with you anyway, or at least put it on airplane mode. Even without Google Maps, the cell towers will triangulate your approximate location and time, and it’s basically the first thing police pull if there’s a crime in an area.
You’ll also probably need to make sure you conceal your face as you walk by a million ring doorbell cameras, because those will rat you out and disprove your alibi.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 6 days ago
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
I mean, I’d probably mess up so that why I don’t do crime. Doesn’t matter if its an “honorable” crime like robin hood stuff, I’d most likely just fuck up and lool like a fool, and the government will use my attempt as an excuse to increase surveillance and divert more tax dollars to cops.
I’m just not that type of person, so don’t count on me for any revolutionary acts.
HawlSera@lemm.ee 6 days ago
My constant paranoia about getting in trouble for shit I didn’t do is why I don’t do crime.
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
I wouldn’t even trust Airplane mode, it can and will still keep GPS active and potentially log it in a way that can be accessed later. You do not truely “own” any modern cellphone.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Mm… haven’t read that but sounds right.
I might be comfortable committing a crime if I had a time machine but barring that I’d just drive from the crime scene to the precinct.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 6 days ago
They still don’t solve them all, so it’s not impossible to get away with it
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 6 days ago
It’s not like the police have access to every cell phone and can lookup who was where and when. You have to first become a suspect.
Irelephant@lemm.ee 6 days ago
When you turn them off, they’re not actually off. This way stuff like emergency calls and alarms can go through. I miss old phones where you could just pop off the battery.
underwire212@lemm.ee 6 days ago
Do you have actual source for this information? I couldn’t find anything suggesting this.
b000rg@midwest.social 6 days ago
This is true. Apple’s excuse for it is that it’s used for FindMy and locking down a stolen device. So the Bluetooth and GPS and/or cellular radio still function with the device “off”.
dev_null@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
Which is not in any way shady or unexpected. Airplane mode is supposed to stop your device from emitting any radio signals. GPS receivers only receive signals and don’t send any, so there is no reason for GPS not to work in airplane mode.