I plan on probably selling my iPhone in favor of something dumber: maybe a lightphone or something (though its over-priced). I don’t know what I’ll do with my A

I plan on probably selling my iPhone in favor of something dumber: maybe a lightphone or something (though its over-priced). I don’t know what I’ll do with my AirPods Max, which I love more than anything these days. If I really reflect, I don’t really see what good a smart phone has done for me: it’s abused my attention for little in return. Of functions that make my life better, maps, a timer and a competent compact camera are essentially it. I’ll use my laptop for any other function. The CSAM scanning isn’t alarming to me, but the general on-device photo scanning is. It’s not a question of if a state will abuse this functionality for something else, but when. It’s continuing to erode private life, and as most defenses of speech go: I’m often defending scoundrels and awful people to defend speech. Privacy rights are taken away slowly, usually for good reasons.