@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 9 months agoLocation tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1497cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1497external-linkLocation tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.arstechnica.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 9 months agomessage-square92fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoDo you have a recommendation for a Faraday bag? I am looking to get a few.
minus-squareFlashMobOfOnelinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoJust that the cheap ones suck. I got a two-pack from Walmart and the first one I used started falling apart in weeks. I’d get one handmade off Etsy. They’re a little pricier, but the less expensive ones are garbage.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•9 months agoIf your phone is in a Faraday bag how would you get phone calls?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•9 months agoYou won’t, it’s a conscious trade off. Some people never put a sim or esim in their phone and have a separate dumb phone for calls, or separate hotspot This vide explains the trade offs, reason, and approach of havjng a separate device for data: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyirQOCUUK8 And this guy shares his approach of not having a sim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dei2buz1X0
Do you have a recommendation for a Faraday bag? I am looking to get a few.
Just that the cheap ones suck. I got a two-pack from Walmart and the first one I used started falling apart in weeks.
I’d get one handmade off Etsy. They’re a little pricier, but the less expensive ones are garbage.
If your phone is in a Faraday bag how would you get phone calls?
You won’t, it’s a conscious trade off. Some people never put a sim or esim in their phone and have a separate dumb phone for calls, or separate hotspot
This vide explains the trade offs, reason, and approach of havjng a separate device for data: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyirQOCUUK8
And this guy shares his approach of not having a sim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dei2buz1X0