> Thought you could be untrackable off grid? Think again.

If you want to be untrackable and off grid why are you bringing your cell phone with you?

The idea is that airplane mode is a farce, and even if you put yourself into airplane, there is still a back-trickle...

can anyone disclaim this? What are the anechoics of an airplane mode phone?

They should be identical to the typical spurious emissions standard. Airplane mode is a common way to quickly test spurious emissions before spending tens of thousands on an external lab to certify your device. I'm sure there's some sort of RF magic you could use to get range with 25uW radiated, but it sounds difficult and unnecessary when no one actually uses airplane mode in regular life.

The fn lame thing is that "airplane" refers to specifically baseband cell... wifi AND bluetooth do not apply to airplane mode....

Guess what the biggest RTLS radio thing-a-majigger BLUETOOTH - and BT pings, triangulation etc...

Ever wonder why an iphone will tell you they "temporarily disabled bluetooth when you hit that switch for just 24 hours??

So they can re-enable (it was never disabled, you still have wifi on yes?) more accurate surveillance in 24 hours...

You can get a Faraday cage pouch if you really want to be sure.

No I mean, there's a power button.

Ever heard of ILO?

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And back doors, and Eschelon, and six degrees and a bunch of other things people dont want you to recall.

If you don't want to be tracked, don't carry a cellphone.

If you want to live in an RF free zone, well that will be tricky. Avoid lightning storms and the sun.

Also satellite TV went up a couple decades ago.

Oh man, wait till you hear about GPS.

GPS satellites broadcast data, and the GPS receivers (e.g. your phone) only receive. That means that they are completely invisible to the satellites.

You are tracked on your phone because it is connected to the Internet somehow, so it can send your location. But with only a GPS receiver (my Garmin running watch for instance), you are completely invisible.

I'm aware of this. I was commenting on the

> Think you can be in an RF free zone, anywhere on planet? Nope.

It seems OP wants to be 'signal free'. Which, since GPS is already not happening anywhere on the planet.

Everybody seems to focus on the RF free comment...

I was talking about towers and such.

But I really appreciate the comments.

If you have ever been in remote areas, and intrinsically 'felt' a disconnect from the tech world (meaning not near any major RF transducers) let me know...

because I have been super remote (arctic circle) etc a bunch and also remote jungle, and I feel a difference.

Perhaps placebo mental conditioning, but just curious if anyone else felt the same effect??

GPS is unidirectional.

I assume they were referring to the "RF free zone" claim. Which is nonsense, since RF noise existed long before humans figured out how to generate it, from storms, or even the sun itself.

Wait until you hear the difference between UPD and TCP.

I think you might have a point w.r.t. tracking, but you brought up "RF free". There's next to nowhere on earth you can go to escape radio transmissions completely, except a faraday cage or maybe a deep mine. Besides GPS, there's been shortwave radio broadcasts bouncing all over the place for a century.

typo: UDP

UPDOOTS to you ;-)

:)

If you want to be really disconnected you need to take responsibility and at least enable airplane mode or use a faraday pouch.

I noticed that Starlink does obey the RF-free area in West Virginia.

100% off grid sounds awesome until you have a medical emergency.

Unless youre this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Rogozov