On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 12:41 AM, rysiek <rysiek@hackerspace.pl> wrote:

That doesn't even mean they can't transmit and receive. They just *claim* they
can't. If your threat model contains "NSA controlling my phone" threat,
airplane mode is not a real option.

Maybe better to say the "attacker controlling my phone" threat. Doesn't have to be NSA (or any other TLA) - no reason mobsters, script kiddies, political opponents, personal enemies, and other non-state attackers couldn't pull the same trick.