Privacy switch for mobile communications device

A method of toggling a privacy mode of a mobile device, the method comprising:

• electrically coupling a communication component of a mobile device to a power source to cause the communication component to establish communication with one or more computing devices remote to the mobile device, wherein the communication component is configured to communicate data with the one or more computing devices when in communication with the one or more computing devices;
• physically transitioning an actuator between at least a first state and a second state to cause the communication component to electrically disconnect from the power source when in the second state to terminate communication between the communication component and the one or more computing devices remote to the mobile device;
• providing power to one or more sensors from the power source to cause the one or more sensors to generate sensor data when the actuator transitions to the second state to electrically disconnect the communication component from the power source;
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• causing the mobile device to perform one or more application operations when the actuator is in the second state.

A non-transitory computer-readable media including computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

• electrically coupling a communication component of a mobile device to a power source to cause the communication component to establish communication with one or more computing devices remote to the mobile device, wherein the communication component is configured to communicate data with the one or more computing devices when in communication with the one or more computing devices;
• physically transitioning an actuator between at least a first state and a second state to cause the communication component to electrically disconnect from the power source when in the second state to terminate communication between the communication component and the one or more computing devices remote to the mobile device;
• providing power to one or more sensors from the power source to cause the one or more sensors to generate sensor data when the actuator transitions to the second state to electrically disconnect the communication component from the power source;
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• causing the mobile device to perform one or more application operations when the actuator is in the second state.