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For "normie" protestors who doesn't have the budget to get new gadgets, is Airplane Mode enough? (So to just use their phone as a Camera/Camcorder and Offline Maps for navigation) (sh.itjust.works)
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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?

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[–] whalebiologist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Good question, and I just want to add my input as a framework for how to think about this:

Airplane mode is a software feature built into phones, and the idea of restricting it from connecting to the internet would work for what you want it to do; HOWEVER that requires you to TRUST the people who make the software, and I think nothing good could come from that. Smart devices have cameras, microphones, GPS technology built in; all of the tools necessary for something to spy on you exist in those devices, it is just safer to not have them at all unless you are an advanced user who can take appropriate measures.

I'm not an advanced user, so I leave my devices at home when I want to minimize my risks. Paranoid? Sure, but it's not a constant anxiety inducing fear of being tracked, I see it more as a basic safety measure like wearing sunscreen or carrying an umbrella.