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Murena is launching a smartphone with a hardware kill switch again (mastodon.social)

submitted 7 hours ago by Fairgreen@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Post reads: "❓ Do you know who are the inventors of the hardware-level kill switch for smartphones?

🤫 Stay tuned! We’re teaming up with them to offer you more privacy.

👇 Share your ideas in the comments! "

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[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 hours ago

Well they say "kill switches are located beneath the battery cover and can be switched with a paperclip or similar tool, so it is not easy to switch them regularly, but for shifting the camera and microphone OFF for longer times they are very suitable"