It seems there are a few assumptions here which are not true: desktop computer (also laptops) know your location, what you type, who you are (sort of), who you

It seems there are a few assumptions here which are not true: desktop computer (also laptops) know your location, what you type, who you are (sort of), who you are emailing, etc. and it has been so for a while but it used to be third party software, websites, governments, corpo or malware that would collect and use this data. Cell phones are tracking devices you can use to make a phone call, people using those devices doesn't mean they are ok with the surveillance that come with it. When your friends complain they're complaining that the surveillance is creeping its way back into an OS.