yeah bro
it does.
where do you think the code is running that pings its servers?
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Lame gaslighting attempt, idiot. You're suggesting I can't know anything about cybersecurity because I'm not a hardware auditor from the future with detailed knowledge of what exact circuits perform what exact functions.
2 flaws with your suggestion:
1. An experienced level of expertise in hardware auditing is not required for a layman to use critical thinking to understand cybersecurity issues.
2. No individual on Earth can currently give a comprehensive, universal answer to your question for all current phones. If there is ever an answer to your question, it will be a retroactive answer - applying to the phones of today when they are outdated, with the question being answered in the future about the phones of then's past. Hardware security auditors do not instantly figure out everything about the functionality of every device on the market the day it's released.
wow
that's a lot of word salad to just say
"I'm talking out my ass"
impressive
Wow, that's a shallow attempt to fake engagement while continuing to just thoughtlessly gaslight me.
Pathetic - except I actually mean it when I say "pathetic," unlike you injecting sarcasm in the idea of being impressed with my intellect.
To be clearer about my other reply -
Flaw 1 is the essential core flaw, because even you were using some information I don't have to make an appeal to authority, the appeal to authority would still be a logical fallacy that basically changes the subject while only pretending to address what I said.
Flaw 2 is only a side point, because even if you're into appeals to authority, your question isn't actually hinting at any information I'm missing, it's only hinting at your own self ignoring basic knowledge.