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[–] Critical_Insight@feddit.uk 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's no better kill switch than the ability to remove battery

[–] random65837@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Some would argue that phones dont work without power.

[–] Critical_Insight@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That kind of defeats the purpose, though.

[–] Critical_Insight@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago

Having your mic and camera disabled, but being connected to the internet kind of defeats the purpose aswell. It's better than nothing, but even with a device like that, powering it off doesn't gurantee that no one is tracking it. Taking off the battery does.

[–] random65837@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Not if youre being accurate about it

[–] Retrograde@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't believe you. Tim Cook told me so.

[–] random65837@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Except those still have power

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fairphone 5. Just got mine. Love it. I'm now waiting for the /e/ or, at least Lineage image to be released for it.

[–] Critical_Insight@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

I went with the Galaxy XCover 6 Pro instead because it comes with a headphone jack. It also has a software switch to disable microphones, but I wouldn't put too much faith on that.