You Don’t Need to Use Airplane Mode on Airplanes | Airplane mode hasn’t been necessary for nearly 20 years, but the myth persists.::Airplane mode hasn’t been necessary for nearly 20 years, but the myth persists.

  • Deebster@programming.dev
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    9 months ago

    I thought another reason was to avoid blasting everyone you pass with your phone’s maximum power signal while trying to reconnect.

    • lol@discuss.tchncs.de
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      9 months ago

      Microwave radiation from phones doesn’t pose any danger. The amount of energy that’s transmitted is completely negligible.

    • LufyCZ@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      I don’t think even the combined power of all the phones in the plane would be enough to cause interference for anyone

      The phone’s modem is not powerful enough, it takes a couple watts at most, which is tiiny compared to what a cell tower can output