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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.

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

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[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

you can't really disconnect yourself from the cell network, that would beat the purpose of having the mobile phone ;)

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

but i can still watch netflix

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

that is cool, but primary purpose of a phone is to make and receive phone calls. there are better tools for watching netflix.

yeah but dropping a PC on my face while laying on my bed takes too much work

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

If you have a need for high levels of privacy it's the only way to do it, or just leave your phone at home.

It doesn't really defeat the purpose of having a mobile phone either IMO, most stuff I do on my phone is already offline (maps, notes, taking photos, etc).

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago

well, the primary purpose of a PHONE is to be able to make and receive PHONE CALLS. anything else is just a matter of convenience.you can use maps, make photos and take notes without a phone, the same can't be said for phone calls.