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		lukeschlather on Dec 13, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FBI: Carrier IQ files used for "law enforcement pu... When the phone is powered off it is physically incapable of receiving a wake-up request over the radio.

rdtsc on Dec 13, 2011 [–]

Again, how do you know the phone is powered off unless you have a flip switch connected to the battery, take the battery out (and at the same time assume there is other smaller battery in there) ?

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