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@IllNess @j4k3
I turn my Bluetooth, NFC and Wi-Fi on when i need to use them, otherwise they're off.
Partly for privacy but also for battery life.
Do most people leave those on all the time?
I don't have stats to back this up but most people, like high 90%, don't turn any of that off.
Its actually more privacy friendly to leave WiFi on and airplane mode on. Cell radio leaks a lot more data than WiFi, if you encrypt everything through a VPN
@delirious_owl
Interesting. But I do need to get messages and calls and airplane mode kills that.
SIP services restore that over WiFi
@delirious_owl
Hmm. When I'm in airplane mode on Wi-Fi i do not get text messages (sms). I might get calls but I'm not sure.
As expected. You have to get a SIP service to get calls and texts over wifi
@delirious_owl
Gotcha. I guess i do have one, Google Voice, but for various reasons i don't like that for anything important.
Do you have any suggestions?
I don't think GV is a sip service? I don't use them, but I've heard people talk about telizo, VoIP.ms, callwithus.com, callcentric.com, flowroute.com, virtualphoneline.com, twillo, telnyx, etc
@delirious_owl
It's voip phone, texts on data. Not accepted by every bank or 2 factor provider tho.
Thank you for the suggestions.
You really don't want to use a phone number for security. Many orgs don't let their employees use SMS for 2FA because its a massive security risk.
@delirious_owl
Unfortunately many places don't give me any choice.
I use an authenticator app where i can.