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NSA Warns iPhone And Android Users To Turn It Off And On Again (www.forbes.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Renn to c/cybersecurity

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[–] lurch 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

wait, you guys don't switch it off during the night?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It has my morning alarm, so, no.

[–] lurch 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

wait, your phone doesn't switch on to ring alarms? i thought all smartphones do that. all androud phones i have do. they don't do a full boot, just sound an alarm and show options to fully start, snooze or end the alarm

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I learned that some brands don't implement that feature. For example: Samsung does not, but Honor does.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have never heard of that feature. If I turn my phone off before going to bed, it's because I want it to not ring the alarm at the usual time. Telling it to turn off makes it do a complete shutdown. What you're describing would require some sort of hibernate mode.

[–] lurch 2 points 5 months ago

it's not like hybernate on a PC. it's more like the circuits in the phone (probably the BIOS) still have the clock running when off and know the time when to boot into that special mode. my newer phone even has a checkbox "keep alarm active" on that shutdown screen where you confirm the shutdown.