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The carrier on Friday said it launched a media platform to serve travelers personalized advertisements on seat-back screens and in its app, among other platforms, as it seeks to leverage customer data.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Last time I had my phone plugged in to charge it, I noticed that it wasn't on charge mode exclusively, but it was actually on File Share Mode.

Now I don't know if the airplane was able to instigate that connection mode, or why my phone was on that mode, but it did concern me incredibly that they were able to browse the files on my phone, when I just wanted it to charge.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

Well that is obvious. Btw many phones have file share mode as the default now. Make sure you change it. But how about other cases? I don't really understand. Are digital profiles officially tied to the ID and plane tickets now?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

That's why you should use "usb condom" when charing your phone from untrusted power source.