On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 12:41 AM, rysiek <[1]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.

References

   1. mailto:rysiek@hackerspace.pl