Only mic and camera? It should also turn off GPS, accelerometer, etc. Filming the inside of my pocket isn't the biggest tracking concern. People are just afraid someone's watching them masturbate all the time.
The article states that there is second switch to diaable wifi, data, gps etc that is essentially an airplane mode.
That's only a soft switch. A compromised device could turn them back on.
Yeah a hard switch that switches in a dummy load instead of the antennas would be excellent
But it could hit battery life without also turning off the radios
Isn't GPS just 3 sattelites passively shouting their clock to any who could listen? There's no GPS kill switch because there's nothing transmitted.
WIFI kill switch is more understandable.
Your point is solid. But GPS position requires a signal from at least 3 satellites to work. There are a whole lot more than 3 in the sky.
Privacy isn't just about your device not emitting signals... If you don't want your device and apps to track your location, you also don't want to receive those GPS signals.
I really like having the mic off so Google doesn't try to sell me something I mentioned a private conversation
Only mic and camera? It should also turn off GPS, accelerometer, etc. Filming the inside of my pocket isn't the biggest tracking concern. People are just afraid someone's watching them masturbate all the time.
The article states that there is second switch to diaable wifi, data, gps etc that is essentially an airplane mode.
That's only a soft switch. A compromised device could turn them back on.
Yeah a hard switch that switches in a dummy load instead of the antennas would be excellent
But it could hit battery life without also turning off the radios
Isn't GPS just 3 sattelites passively shouting their clock to any who could listen? There's no GPS kill switch because there's nothing transmitted. WIFI kill switch is more understandable.
Your point is solid. But GPS position requires a signal from at least 3 satellites to work. There are a whole lot more than 3 in the sky.
Privacy isn't just about your device not emitting signals... If you don't want your device and apps to track your location, you also don't want to receive those GPS signals.
I really like having the mic off so Google doesn't try to sell me something I mentioned a private conversation