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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Your phone is a snitch in your pocket, and the law won't save you. It's time to break the surveillance machine. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 days ago by DefinitelyNotBirds@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Your smartphone tracks your location, listens to your conversations, and sells your intimate moments to data brokers.

The law pretends to regulate this, but lobbyists write the rules and enforcement is a joke.

Encryption apps aren't enough when the hardware itself is designed to betray you.

The phone is a spy device marketed as a lifestyle accessory.

We need radical technical solutions, not incremental privacy policies that change nothing.

The surveillance economy depends on your ignorance and inaction.

Break the chain: use open hardware, de-Googled Android, or build your own tools.

#privacy #surveillance #digitalrights #antitrust

How much of your life are you willing to sell for a slightly more convenient map app?

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[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Huh? I've flown and booked hotels recently and you absolutely do not need a smart phone for that.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Sure, but youll be the one gramps running through the airport with your paper ticket because you didnt see your gate change on the airport TV and you're late. On the phone app, the gate changes alert you immediately.

There's also no way they'll have printed tickets anymore in ~5 years . i havent seen someone use a paper ticket in a very long time, and if I do, they're 85 year olds who can barely walk. (Related note, my younger friend was absolutely baffled I still write checks. They're 26 and never wrote a check in their life).

The normies dictate the market. There's zero way I'd convince my SO or any family member to get a phone that doesnt support flight apps and hotel check in apps. Especially because hotel check in apps can remotely unlock your door with no key, so you dont have to talk to anyone at 3 am when you get there (a lot of people like that).

[–] BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Except phones get dropped and break. Paper tickets aren't going anywhere.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

Until the bean counters realize ticket machines cost too much to upkeep. Its the way the world works.

Same reason there's almost no malls/3rd spaces, or arcades (and the arcades that are left dont use tokens any more) left. Profit above all else. Enjoyment of things and privacy is not profitable.