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Does anyone have a Faraday bag for phone that works? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[–] escew@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can't find any articles on it at this time. However, apple recently made it so that find my works with the phone off. My phone gives me warnings about this when I shut it down.

[–] Dogyote@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Here's a pdf link to a 2020 NSA publication on the subject: https://media.defense.gov/2020/Aug/04/2002469874/-1/-1/0/CSI_LIMITING_LOCATION_DATA_EXPOSURE_FINAL.PDF

It seems that powering the device off is sufficient unless the device is compromised.