cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/40154928
I doubt its even environmentally/economically sustainable for a whole crowd of millions to just buy burners to discard after every protest. Too much ewaste. Is there a strategy that everyone can use without generating too much ewaste?
I thought airplane mode or power-off disables that, but maybe on some newer phones, that is left running because of “find me”. Hmm. BLE shouldn’t be able to reach any cell towers though.
I think BLE is picked up by other nearby devices. That’s how you can find AirTags even though they have no cellular antennas.
This still happens with iPhones even when they’re powered down I believe.
The air tags have batteries…
Don’t phones have those too? 😃