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.

  •  Los   ( @Los@beehaw.org ) 
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    102 years ago

    These days, I don’t think phones even turn off completely. Closing to sleeping. And only a portion of background services will stop and restart.

      •  Los   ( @Los@beehaw.org ) 
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        12 years ago

        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.

        •  Pigeon   ( @Lowbird@beehaw.org ) 
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          52 years 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   ( @azron@lemmy.ml ) 
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          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?