People talking about Faraday bags as general countermeasures to phone surveillance, which they definitely are not. They have a very limited role in personal "opsec". Do you need one? Probably not. But if you DO need one, make sure it actually works, and that you understand what it does and doesn't do.
Here's an old post of mine that goes into some depth on testing Faraday bags. https://www.mattblaze.org/blog/faraday/
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