I am not a doctor but you can consult your physician for advice. CGM are relatively new. How did manage before? Eat healthy food, document what you ate and monitor with CGM. On day of event, bring test strips and pack the healthy meal you ate previously for predictable results because the food courts are unpredictable.
Excellent advice, but it just means the easiest methods of tracking are prevented.
Cell phone tower connections are sufficient to locate within a cell zone; greater accuracy is possible by analyzing signal strengths from different towers (triangulation). So while a Faraday bag is nice - it also means you don't get calls on your cell phone. At which point - why bother carrying one around?
Of course, with the advent of facial recognition combined with Palantir data aggregation of travel data (bus tickets, train tickets, airplane tickets, gas station receipts, etc etc) - again, anonymization measures will only work if no one is actively looking for you.
For that matter: I would not be surprised if Defcon/Black Hat attendance puts you on a list all in and of itself. Does anyone really think the powers that be don't get a copy of the attendee rolls? LOL
Of course all these solutions mean that most if not all the functions of your phone have been rendered useless like carrying a brick in your pocket, it has no use. As soon as you get your phone out of a Faraday bag, it will be found. If you use your phone to control devices like hearing aids, blood glucose monitors some functions will not work and you may not get an alert you should be getting. The real issue is the unauthorized tracking and the inability for the user to completely disable the functions that enable that and that the user is not notified if devices or network are actively tracking you.
A nickel coated bag that protects against electrostatic shock for sensitive electronic parts. They’re cheap. Find them on Amazon or from an electronics reseller.
I was impressed with these suggestions, but I’m not technically capable of doing all this. But you are speaking predominantly to your age group that really needs to understand how to take back their own privacy. Good luck!
What’s your recommendation for folks who need to leave Bluetooth on to stay paired with medical devices like constant glucose monitors.
Is there a way to restrict Bluetooth settings to be safer while still getting constant medical data needed?
I am not a doctor but you can consult your physician for advice. CGM are relatively new. How did manage before? Eat healthy food, document what you ate and monitor with CGM. On day of event, bring test strips and pack the healthy meal you ate previously for predictable results because the food courts are unpredictable.
Thank You, Naomi. I found this helpful article on Naked Capitalism today, and will add it to my next blog post at drjohnsblog.substack.com
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you.
A way to test a Faraday bag is to put the phone in the bag and try calling it. Not all bags are equal.
Make tracking illegal and punishable by death.
ummm....
Make tracking illegal and punishable by death.
Really well written and easy to understand. Sharing.
Excellent! Thank you for sharing.
Excellent advice, but it just means the easiest methods of tracking are prevented.
Cell phone tower connections are sufficient to locate within a cell zone; greater accuracy is possible by analyzing signal strengths from different towers (triangulation). So while a Faraday bag is nice - it also means you don't get calls on your cell phone. At which point - why bother carrying one around?
Of course, with the advent of facial recognition combined with Palantir data aggregation of travel data (bus tickets, train tickets, airplane tickets, gas station receipts, etc etc) - again, anonymization measures will only work if no one is actively looking for you.
For that matter: I would not be surprised if Defcon/Black Hat attendance puts you on a list all in and of itself. Does anyone really think the powers that be don't get a copy of the attendee rolls? LOL
At least she’s out and about meeting people in person like human beings used to do 🤣
FYI you responded to the wrong comment!
Yes I did, wow REALLY off base! Thx.
My Bluetooth streams to my hearing aids. Can’t do this part.
Of course all these solutions mean that most if not all the functions of your phone have been rendered useless like carrying a brick in your pocket, it has no use. As soon as you get your phone out of a Faraday bag, it will be found. If you use your phone to control devices like hearing aids, blood glucose monitors some functions will not work and you may not get an alert you should be getting. The real issue is the unauthorized tracking and the inability for the user to completely disable the functions that enable that and that the user is not notified if devices or network are actively tracking you.
EXACTLY.
I put mine in the microwave when not using . I don't ever use my microwave for anything else 😜😉😉😅
Silly question but what about a "dumb phone".
It would still ping your location but presumably a lot of the other stuff isn't even there to be had?
It wont share to apps as its likely running proprietary oses without these apps, but every dumb phone ive seen still has bluetooth and wi-fi
Also turn off location services. This has been OpSec for years, glad the public are finally catching on.
Ridiculous that I can’t use my AirPods because people are greedy and corrupt. Why not allow US to control who can track us?? What a novel concept
Please excuse my ignorance, but where does one get a Faraday bag?
A nickel coated bag that protects against electrostatic shock for sensitive electronic parts. They’re cheap. Find them on Amazon or from an electronics reseller.
Thanks.
I was impressed with these suggestions, but I’m not technically capable of doing all this. But you are speaking predominantly to your age group that really needs to understand how to take back their own privacy. Good luck!
You go, girls!
Wow! Thanks!