@plutarch@gotosocial.plutar.ch
2026-09-14 17:29 UTC
@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange
Forgive me my tinfoil hat, but this corroborates a conspiracy theory I came up with all by myself, several years ago now: I believe that this is the real reason why they stopped having removable batteries in phones. I mean, I think they were deliberately trying to normalize the idea that it's physically impossible for anyone to make their phone lose power while proving that. If I take my phone out, take the battery out, and set both of them down next to each other where we can both see it, then you know with absolute certainty that I'm not recording you, or at least not on my phone. Even if my phone got hacked, and even if I honestly didn't know that, the conversation is still lost. I think they don't want you to be able to remove the battery because they don't want you to be able to do that.
Replies (1)
-
@Leeisme@mastodon.xyz 2026-09-14 20:29
@plutarch@gotosocial.plutar.ch @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange the occam’s razor here is that the most obvious reason for them to get rid of removable batteries in devices was to make them not user serviceable.