Er maybe it’s not smart to have smart electronics after all. We’re being spied on, tracked and controlled. Never have I wanted so badly to live off grid in the bush.
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It's still a microphone, camera, GPS tracker, motion detector, and text snooper whenever you have the battery in...
Even at it's most basic form even an old school flip phone is an NSA/FBI/CIA wet dream.
Which is why I hardly ever tote it around with me :)
it really is shocking how much that little phone can do, even the older ones.
i grew up with people who were connected, and they wouldn't even talk in the same room as a plug in rotary dial wall phone.
i can't imagine what they would have thought about how careless people these days are with their personal and private information.
It still shocks me how ignorant people are. I've been aware of this stuff since '95-ish, and it only ever gets more automated and intrusive.
I remember when pagers first came out, and cops started using payphones to monitor the drug trade (mostly small scale weed sales).
That was my first real wakeup call when my uncles all said "see kid we told you".