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Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3332 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
American Phone-Tracking Firm Demo’d Surveillance Powers by Spying on CIA and NSA Anomaly Six, a secretive government contractor, claims to monitor the movements of billions of phones around the world and unmask spies with the press of a button. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36613 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
There's a very simple fix for that, don't get a smartphone. You'll also stay brighter for longer as it's a known fact that smartphones can make a person very stupid. ;-) |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 21207 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
I have been known to educate my brain with better information from my smartphone. As for tracking. It’s a given. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30981 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Disable GPS. Amazing how much more battery life. Even better airplane mode then power off. My flip phone does get carried along, it is nice to call emergency services when necessary. Then again I'm not hooked/addicted to endless scroll sites. |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2481 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
Check, "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism", by Shoshana Zuboff. |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34365 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
Disable GPS. Amazing how much more battery life. Even better airplane mode then power off. Yep, i only charge once a week. As for tracking, how many people are using navigation in their car ? It uses GPS too. And credit card is best for tracking. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3351 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
I should care about this, I know, but I don't really. I suppose it's because I have a very dull, boring life. Also, I almost never go anywhere. I mean anywhere. I have depression and chronic fatigue, so I stay home unless I absolutely have to go out. (For example, I will need to go out to get my car inspected very soon.) I have even started relying on having groceries delivered rather than going shopping myself. That being said, my smartphone (an iPhone 11 at present) does many good things for me. For example, my Internet provider sucks, so I seldom get service good enough to watch streaming shows. I can, however, watch them all, from any streaming service, using my cell phone (data). I don't feel bad about this because I watch a lot of true-story stuff and documentaries. It also has tools to identify plants and animals (insects, mostly) that I don't recognize. It also has various weather apps that show me weather radar and warn of approaching storms. I could go on, but I won't. Point is, the smartphone isn't just something used to scroll through Facebook and other time-wasting apps. It comes down to self-control. I suppose some people don't have it. For those, there are the simplest cell phones. You don't take your phone out when you go? Perhaps you don't have any important personal contacts who might need to reach you. That's okay. They can leave a message on your answering machine at home. In the past, I have taken a wrong turn or two and really appreciated that I had GPS to guide me back to the correct path. Or I used it to find an obscure location that I'd not visited before. Again, I won't prattle on. There are a LOT of uses for a smartphone that don't make you stupid. If you truly think a smartphone will make you stupid, you're doing it wrong. ~Sue~ |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 21207 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
I stream a bunch of stuff too. I use a screen mirror tool that goes in my iPhone lightening port. It converts it to HDMI which I connect to my video projector to get a 130 inch screen image and much better sound quantity. |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3351 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
Hmm. I know this is not the place for this, but I came here to see if my avatar has changed. I tried to change it but it doesn't seem to be changing. I even deleted it completely and then uploaded the new avatar, to no avail. Damn. Took the size down smaller than my current avatar. Kept clicking "update." Nothing happens. Nothing. WTF? ~Sue~ |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3351 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
Cleared my cache and now I see my new avatar. I hate being stupid about something so simple. (sigh) Thanks, Grumpy Swede. It was your link that made me think of this. Back to discussing smartphones. ~Sue~ |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34060 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36613 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
More than just spying going on. Apple security flaw could allow hackers to control people's iPhones. Experts says users should update their software now. This also includes iPads and Apple computers. Cheers. |
Jan Henrik Send message Joined: 13 Jul 14 Posts: 13 Credit: 5,769,438 RAC: 42 |
There's a very simple fix for that, don't get a smartphone. +100 Check, "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism", by Shoshana Zuboff. my favs on that: The Shallows - Nicholas Carr [Norton](brain-plasticity; what it actually physically does to your brain ) The Cost of CONnection - Nick Couldry/Ulises Mejias [sup.org](every last thing of your life exploited for profit even if you don`t work) "less than a pixel" |
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