Powering off your cellphone will not work at denying the government the ability to track you via cell phone. Even if you pull the battery, their is a small battery on the motherboard that chirps gps information every so often. They can turn on your microphone and camera, remotely, and to you, it appears that your phone is powered down.
Aside from smashing your cell phone with a hammer, there is one method that will work to deny them the access to your location information, but attention to detail is essential. You must wrap your cell phone in aluminum foil, paying close attention to the seams. I double wrap mine, when I don’t want them to know where I am. I have nefarious intentions, other than to make it difficult for the gov’t to spy on me.
Not only is Alexa listening to your conversations, but so are those voice activated remote controls, like X-Finity has. Speakers can be co-opted to act as microphones as well. No encryption can stop them, if they devote the resources to cracking your encryption.
[Even if you pull the battery, their is a small battery on the motherboard that chirps gps information every so often. ]
Yes, I surmised there’s something for backup (just to keep some memory alive for awhile - unless it’s a flash memory). I always assumed it’s some sort of capacitor-type component but a small rechargeable battery makes sense too.
[gps]
Attempts to ping cell tower(s) for possible triangulation or simply GPS? On a more expensive phone (I have a cheap one) it wouldn’t surprise me for GPS either.
Yes, the remote camera and mic thing I knew about. That’s why I also refer to them as tracking devices. No Alexa for me.
I’ve read that you cannot trust some home security systems as they may have backdoors, too. /shiny side out
[Even if you pull the battery, their is a small battery on the motherboard that chirps gps information every so often. ]
Yes, I surmised there’s something for backup (just to keep some memory alive for awhile - unless it’s a flash memory). I always assumed it’s some sort of capacitor-type component but a small rechargeable battery makes sense too.
[gps]
Attempts to ping cell tower(s) for possible triangulation or simply GPS? On a more expensive phone (I have a cheap one) it wouldn’t surprise me for GPS either.
Yes, the remote camera and mic thing I knew about. That’s why I also refer to them as tracking devices. No Alexa for me.
I’ve read that you cannot trust some home security systems as they may have backdoors, too. /shiny side out
Roku has that voice activated remote, the very first thing I did involved a couple of needles and super glue.
I think it was on Stossel where he powered off his phone and pulled the battery. Then he went on a little “trip” around town for a few hours as a test. Later he was able to download a printout of every place he had been, for how long, if he had walked. One entry said something like it appeared that he had exited the car at a certain museum. (He had.) It was creepy.
I don’t own a cell phone; never needed one in the past, and don’t need one now.
With the exception of my new truck (which I am sure they CAN track), I don’t have any modern communications gear that can go with me when I’m traveling.
The closest I get to modern technology is this desk top computer, and its sitting in the same place it was 12 years ago.