▲ 204 ▼ Family rescued in Maui thanks to iPhone's satellite feature (9to5mac.com) submitted 3 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 45 comments fedilink hide all child comments With iPhone 14, Apple introduced Emergency SOS via Satellite, which lets users contact emergency services in places where there’s no...
[+] Rooki@lemmy.world -15 points 3 years ago (2 children) The spying feature xd permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] deleted@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago It’s not spying.. actually it’s to send your location one time upon your request. And you need to manually aim your phone. Id not be surprised if one time location send would take 3-5% of the battery as it’ll take 15-60 seconds to transmit you location. The satellite is 1400km away so not your average 3km cellular tower. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Asudox@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) I mean, the connection to the satellite is already barely powerful to send a few bytes of text. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rooki@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) But still bytes that you are there permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cupcake1972@mander.xyz 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Bruh, you could more easily spy with the cellular connection. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rooki@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) But with spots without? For those that could be the use case..Nit even to track you down to the meter but know the facinity you are in permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cupcake1972@mander.xyz 0 points 3 years ago Duh, that's what the damn location service is for, if you don't want to be tracked don't use a damn phone in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deleted@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago It’s not spying.. actually it’s to send your location one time upon your request. And you need to manually aim your phone. Id not be surprised if one time location send would take 3-5% of the battery as it’ll take 15-60 seconds to transmit you location. The satellite is 1400km away so not your average 3km cellular tower. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Asudox@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) I mean, the connection to the satellite is already barely powerful to send a few bytes of text. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rooki@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) But still bytes that you are there permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cupcake1972@mander.xyz 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Bruh, you could more easily spy with the cellular connection. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rooki@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) But with spots without? For those that could be the use case..Nit even to track you down to the meter but know the facinity you are in permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cupcake1972@mander.xyz 0 points 3 years ago Duh, that's what the damn location service is for, if you don't want to be tracked don't use a damn phone in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rooki@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) But still bytes that you are there permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cupcake1972@mander.xyz 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Bruh, you could more easily spy with the cellular connection. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rooki@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) But with spots without? For those that could be the use case..Nit even to track you down to the meter but know the facinity you are in permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cupcake1972@mander.xyz 0 points 3 years ago Duh, that's what the damn location service is for, if you don't want to be tracked don't use a damn phone in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cupcake1972@mander.xyz 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Bruh, you could more easily spy with the cellular connection. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rooki@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) But with spots without? For those that could be the use case..Nit even to track you down to the meter but know the facinity you are in permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cupcake1972@mander.xyz 0 points 3 years ago Duh, that's what the damn location service is for, if you don't want to be tracked don't use a damn phone in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rooki@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) But with spots without? For those that could be the use case..Nit even to track you down to the meter but know the facinity you are in permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cupcake1972@mander.xyz 0 points 3 years ago Duh, that's what the damn location service is for, if you don't want to be tracked don't use a damn phone in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cupcake1972@mander.xyz 0 points 3 years ago Duh, that's what the damn location service is for, if you don't want to be tracked don't use a damn phone in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent