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by n4r9 151 days ago
This sounds different to airplane mode:

> hardware switch that physically disconnects your microphone, camera and Bluetooth

When switched on it's impossible for your phone to listen to your conversation and send the data to some company somewhere or use it to influence ads. Airplane mode doesn't switch off the microphone, so your phone can just store the data to transmit later. And even if it did switch off the mic, it would be a software setting that could be undermined by some component manufacturer.