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by kirth_gersen 100 days ago
Most have internal batteries and are still "on" to a certain extent unless the battery is completely discharged.
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SoftTalker 100 days ago
It's "on" enough to detect the activity needed to wake it back up. But will a powered-off phone still be pinging cell towers or making WiFi requests?
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mulmen 100 days ago
Yes, that's how Find My works.
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catlikesshrimp 100 days ago
If you cover your phone with an antielectrostatic bag it can't communicate; that is a Faraday cage.

Since people around you will think you are also wearing a tinfoil hard, you had better stick to the phones with hardware switches as sibling comment mentions

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kube-system 100 days ago
Most of those bags are total BS
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mulmen 100 days ago
Seems easy to verify with an iPhone. Put it in the bag, transport the phone, look it up on Find My.
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kube-system 100 days ago
Even easier, put any phone in the bag, call it. Does it ring? IME, yes.
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iamnothere 100 days ago
Use one of the few phones with hardware kill switches or removable batteries.
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