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If anyone has a powered cell phone they don't want someone in their household to know about, power it off.
Wow, good call out. That never crossed my mind.
My ho phone will be off. Thank you for your service
Ho ho ho!
And leave it off at least until the end of the hour, until the alerts have timed out
If it's being sent over the cell phone carrier signal, does that mean if you're at home, or otherwise connected to Wi-Fi, that you won't get it?
No, even on WiFi your phone maintains its cellular signal, even data depending on your settings (it's just not actively used as wifi will be considered superior).
why would someone have that?
To expand on the abusive relationship aspect, say your partner, parents, etc. want to keep you from contacting people, maybe your family/friends, maybe the police, maybe your doctor (for example to seek abortion services, or maybe treatment for a health issue they've been trying to withhold medication from you for) they may check your phone to see who you've been contacting or even take your phone from you to prevent you from using it.
There's also of course less savory reasons, cheating, dealing drugs, or other illegal activities.
And somewhat less likely, undercover officers, FBI agents, investigative journalists, etc. whose cover could potentially be compromised if the wrong people are around and that second phone goes off.
As an undercover FBI agent, thanks for the heads up
i didn't thought about abuse etc, make sense, thank for the answer!
Abusive relationships.