24bug47

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by 24bug47 5y ago
You would take out your phone if you would like to make a phone call, or check to see if you have received any messages. For the other 99% of your day, the IoT sensors being stuck on every conceivable object are unable to report back to HQ
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by 24bug47 5y ago
Only to the extent they are able. But you and I are being tracked regardless, by hundreds/thousands of other entities, commercial and government, to the extent they are able. 5G/IoT is the latest weapon in their arsenal.
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by 24bug47 5y ago
"We need to take a pause … before we go down some path of being tracked all day, every day, wherever we are." Isn't it neat how we act like this is not already happening by governments, businesses, and employers? As if we hav
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by 24bug47 5y ago
Welcome to 5G...
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by 24bug47 6y ago
Well, most people have never heard of "parallel construction" in the first place, and chances are they mostly have no interest in learning about it. So combatting willful ignorance would be the first step, but my optimism meter br
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by 24bug47 7y ago
I'm glad that you feel you are immune to these advances. That doesn't change the corporate agenda though. They want you to buy their stuff. You, me, everyone. They pay loads of money to teams of people dedicated to utilizing the l
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by 24bug47 7y ago
The only option is to cage your phone in a Faraday bag and only use it when necessary. Trust no company. Trust no government.
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by 24bug47 7y ago
But it won't be. And even if it were, let us remember how well the law works to curtail crime among governments and wealthy corporations and individuals. They'll hide it, "repurpose it", lie about it, and engage in years
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by 24bug47 7y ago
You're on HN and "What's the difference" is really your question? 1. Friendly private human interaction shared by two people. 2. Data is collected, sent, analyzed, sold, shared, distributed, stolen, and abused in order
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by 24bug47 7y ago
I find it interesting that the article doesn't mention how various agencies track you through bluetooth beacons when you drive down a road or walk around a city. These devices are in plain view for everyone to see, but for some reason
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by 24bug47 7y ago
Sometimes I ask people about the cameras and the white boxes (those ubiquitous white boxes on poles, often solar-powered, along highways pointing perpendicular to moving traffic). I ask what they think - who put them up, what data they coll