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Nearly everyone has smartphones, even the most privacy-conscious people. Until we find an alternative to the current devices, which have a mic/camera/gps that c
by trendia 10y ago
Nearly everyone has smartphones, even the most privacy-conscious people. Until we find an alternative to the current devices, which have a mic/camera/gps that could be turned on remotely, I don't think we will be able to combat the invasion of privacy
- dogma1138 10y agoget a phone without GPS (yes there are such phones) and physically remove the microphone and use a wired headset.
- msh 10y agoIt can still be triangulated from the phone towers.
- dogma1138 10y agoYes, you can also be tracked via CCTV, your payments, bioinformatics and general information, it's easy to build profiles for most people and knowing pretty much where they'll be and when.
- TenJack 10y agoWhat about using voip such as Google voice?
- dogma1138 10y agoStill need internet connection, tracking a device over wireless is arguably just as easy, even if you rotate your mac addresses.
- lostlogin 10y agoAnd much more precisely via wifi - the local mall offers its shop very specific information on shopper browsing habits this way.
- appleflaxen 10y agowhy can't they triangulate your location by your cell signal (using a stingray, for example)?
- gspetr 10y agoThe most privacy-conscious people really don't. Kaspersky Lab's CEO and his phone: http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/6719/26720365.10e/0_a119d_8723833c_orig.jpg http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/6719/26720365.10e/0_a119d_872...
- marcosdumay 10y agoToo bad that phone also has an always on mic, and a network connection from where it can receive instructions.
- closeparen 10y agoBut probably a removeable battery.
- pdkl95 10y ago> even the most privacy-conscious people No, we don't. Are you sure you know many "most privacy-conscious" people? > I don't think we will be able to combat the invasion of privacy That is a self-fulfilling prophecy. We won't be able to combat the invasion of privacy if everyone stops fighting.
- tobltobs 10y agoIt is not only technology which enables this new wave of mass surveillance, it is also that people believe the "if you don't do any bad ..." bs again. Our governments wouldn't stop their surveillance programs even if we would all stop using mobile phones and the internet. It is just history repeating itself. People which did experience the last mass surveillance times are now a minority group.
- debt 10y agoyou don't even need a phone to track people. facial recognition tech, shitty surveillance cameras, and algorithms could likely be used in combination to tease out any persons exact location for a given time to a pretty high degree of accuracy.
- Houshalter 10y agoYeah but for the moment the government doesn't have a live feed to every surveillance camera and most are privately owned.