Seems like @whispersystems has some background battery issues when not on wifipic.twitter.com/IrfEYeTAT2
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That's an interesting data point. Do you have WiFi turned off in those situations or just disconnected?
Hrm, can't speak to other days but today wifi has been on and disconnected.
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