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SweetBiscuit t1_iyz21aw wrote

Reply to comment by sl8rfan2 in No more airplane mode? EU to allow calls on flights by linguist96

You could already do that for a long time with WiFi calling

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Deyln t1_iyza90e wrote

The reason why there were banned was because planes had a frequency vulnerability. So instead of fixing it.... They banned it and left the vulnerability open for hacking.

(And another couple big what the fucks on regards to security )

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Bit-Random t1_iyzc612 wrote

That vulnerability was gone for several years now. “Put your phone in flight mode” just remained as a weird relic.

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orus t1_iyzr794 wrote

No one really checks if someone’s phone is in airplane mode. If it were that critical a vulnerability, they would be more serious about it or there would have been hacks already.

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cranial_prolapse420 t1_iyzxcnm wrote

...or planes juat falling out of the aky, because someone forgot.

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CPargermer t1_iyzy7n4 wrote

This is the thing for me. People that don't speak the language, people that forget, people that don't know how, people that resist authority... There are so many chances for them to not put their phone into airplane mode, yet you never hear of any problems.

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Kriztauf t1_iz00p0u wrote

I've got a mental image of a plane starting to fall out of sky and the pilots screaming "SOMEONE FORGOT TO TURN ON AIRPLANE MODE"

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BigDisk t1_iz0a8eu wrote

It would also be more effective to just come out and say something to the lines of "Please put your phones in airplane mode, otherwise the constant searching for a signal is gonna kill your battery."

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Anneisabitch t1_iz1jt8u wrote

It does save your battery so I use it. But functionally? Pfft. The opening episode of the West Wing in like 1999 joked about how stupid that rule was.

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Even-Fix8584 t1_iyzmu9e wrote

I thought they are waiting for the FAA to build a plan and test the n any vulnerabilities exist. I am sure it will happen next 5th of Nevember.

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idontagreewitu t1_iz36ygq wrote

Waiting for the US gov't to get something done is an endless effort.

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addicuss t1_iyzpvup wrote

That definitely never existed

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peacey8 t1_iz0wy5j wrote

I've never put my phone on airplane mode. I always text/browse even as we're a few feet off the ground before I lose signal.

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