Stallman commented on this here: https://www.networkworld.com/article/2200967/software/software-cell-phones-are-stalin-s-dream-says-free-software-movement-fo

Stallman commented on this here: https://www.networkworld.com/article/2200967/software/software-cell-phones-are-stalin-s-dream-says-free-software-movement-founder.html Quote 1: "I don't have a cell phone. I won't carry a cell phone," says Stallman, founder of the free software movement and creator of the GNU operating system. "It's Stalin's dream. Cell phones are tools of Big Brother. I'm not going to carry a tracking device that records where I go all the time, and I'm not going to carry a surveillance device that can be turned on to eavesdrop." Quote 2: Theoretically, Stallman says, phones that use only free software can protect themselves from the danger of electronic eavesdropping. "If it's all free software, you can probably protect yourself from that, because that's caused by the software in the phone," he says.