A good faraday bag works as well as taking the battery out used to.

But, of course, that only works until you take it out of the bag. But, taking the battery out only works till you put the battery back in.

The only way to stop corporations from doing evil is to regulate them, and then enforce the regulation. Which is why they all lobby against regulation and bribe politicians, and judges.

They've also spent billions over the years fooling poors into believing that deregulation was good for them, when all it does is tighten the grip of the filthy rich.

The real reason they did away with removable batteries.

The sneaky fuckers.

There is a small typo (a dropped dot st the end of a sentence) that significantly changes the last paragraph:

• Why Airplane Mode, removing the SIM, and even powering down don’t fully protect you From journalists in hostile regions to everyday privacy-conscious users — this hidden computer affects everyone.

So it reads to me like airplane mode doesn't fully protect me from journalists in hostile regions :)

Older Faiphone models let you remove the battery in seconds, for newer ones you need a screwdriver.

Why no mention of Apple? This is second year of making their own modem on one of the most popular phones.

Sames as PC/ Laptop Intel Management Engine, runs its own microcode on the chip. Can access keyboard logging, network, and other aspects. There was a 2017 exploit where attackers could login with a null password and compromise your PC.

The movies were right! We should all smash our phones! Who's with me? On 3, 2,

I thought this was known. It's one reason your phone battery dies when turned off. Because that chip never actually turns off.

Always keep an empty chip bag with you.

I really wish they're were more phones like the librem which just had a pci connected modem so you could just remove it you wanted.

Unfortunately I know of no opensource firmware for cell modems ...