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Turn your phone off every night for five minutes, Australian PM says (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by marco to c/technology

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Interesting to hear such things discussed at that level. Turning it off is suggested to get rid of compromised background processes that might be spying on users. Obviously, this only help against malware that isn't permanently installed on a phone.

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[–] Los 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What I’m saying is - even though it says “shut down”, it’s not doing a real shut down. Yes, you could fully let the battery run dry. But that takes 12 hours and you can’t do it once a day. Plus it ruins your battery’s capacity.

[–] Lowbird 5 points 1 year ago

It doesn't seem like a hibernate though - it always has to reload the homescreen and doesn't remember processes from before the reboot and sk on.

What are you saying it does instead, if it's not a real shut down? What is it about it that makes it not a real shutdown? As compared to a computer shutdown.

[–] azron@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You are saying when you select power off on your phone that it still stays running and doing things? What versions of what phones and since when?