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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   13 Jul 2016 14:17 
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Got my first ever cell phone. One of these jobbies: https://www.speakout7eleven.ca/prepaid-cellphones/blu-advance-4.0l-black

Seems alright thus far (haven't given the phone much of a workout, but I've heard the mic is dodgy).

Hella faster than the nexus 7" tablet, which is a pleasant surprise.

For my next trick, I shall walk in front of a bus while browsing twitter pokeman something something.
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 From:  ANT_THOMAS   13 Jul 2016 14:20 
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I shouldn't laugh....
 
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fire up the front VGA camera and take some great selfies to share!

Fire it up and let's have a VGA selfie!
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   13 Jul 2016 14:21 
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I'm going to tape over the front camera like I did the nexus (and it only has a front camera).  :-{)
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 From:  ANT_THOMAS   13 Jul 2016 14:27 
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)      4 of 51 
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Too slow, already hacked it and got a photo
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   13 Jul 2016 14:32 
 To:  ANT_THOMAS      5 of 51 
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That's my boss, and you just got me in trouble.
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 From:  ANT_THOMAS   13 Jul 2016 14:38 
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)      6 of 51 
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Tell him he needs to modernise with a tinfoil fedora
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   13 Jul 2016 14:44 
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Reminds me, I need to find a faraday cage for the phone. I use an old metalized hdd bag for the nexus.
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 From:  ANT_THOMAS   13 Jul 2016 14:44 
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)      8 of 51 
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I guess it's a good way to avoid receiving calls.
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   13 Jul 2016 14:48 
 To:  ANT_THOMAS      9 of 51 
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 :-@
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   14 Jul 2016 13:32 
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I use an old metalized hdd bag

... which doesn't actually work I discovered this morning, when I dialed the cell number while it was in the bag, and it rang. So I might have to spend some real money.  :-((

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 From:  milko   14 Jul 2016 13:36 
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)      11 of 51 
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I'm confused. Why not just switch it off and/or leave it at home if you don't want it to work.
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   14 Jul 2016 13:50 
 To:  milko      12 of 51 
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GPS

https://www.justsecurity.org/31876/world-this-uk-government-hacking/

This is the main reason that has held me back from getting a cell.
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   14 Jul 2016 14:02 
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https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/2w7d4u/why_is_an_antistatic_bag_is_not_a_faraday_cage/
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 From:  graphitone   14 Jul 2016 14:10 
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)      14 of 51 
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You've not bunked up with 53North have you?

The reason he's been quiet so long could be due to traversing the northern polar regions on foot to get to Canada and set up his base in your fair country.

Given the vastness of Canada though, he's probably had to use your phone's GPS to track you down, thus rendering his tin foil hat machinations somewhat hypocritical.


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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   14 Jul 2016 14:13 
 To:  graphitone      15 of 51 
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OK, but I duct-taped the phone to a truck that's bound for Louisiana.
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 From:  milko   14 Jul 2016 14:32 
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)      16 of 51 
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You want it to use GPS but not anything else? You might've been better just getting a GPS device!
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   14 Jul 2016 15:06 
 To:  milko      17 of 51 
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Nope, I don't want to be GPS tracked everywhere I go, even when I'm not using it. Also camera and mic.
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 From:  graphitone   14 Jul 2016 16:53 
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)      18 of 51 
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Where are you potentially going, and what might you potentially be saying that you wouldn't want to be recorded?

Of course, you potentially wouldn't want to tell me on here and potentially bring about any risk.

 


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 From:  milko   14 Jul 2016 17:16 
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)      19 of 51 
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I'm back to being confused. Why don't you just turn it off, again? When you use it, all that stuff is back on unless you disable it (in which case if you're going to be paranoid properly, know that disabling it in settings won't disable it fully). So what difference does it make?
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   14 Jul 2016 19:21 
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I don't want to be tracked by google, any 3d-party apps I might want to install, the NSA, local cops or anybody really. It just creeps me out. :-S

If you're fine with being tracked by all of the above, fine. It's the default.

As milko points out, disabling the features in settings and even turning the device off doesn't necessarily disable the features.
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