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Yet again, the difference between conspiracy theory and reality is 6-12 months.

by rtz121 5y ago

mrtksn 5y ago
At this point we can assume that anything technologically feasible for surveillance is implemented or pending implementation. There were some suggestions that the push for 5G comes from the desire to improve location tracking which is much better on 5G.
- kook_throwaway 5y ago
  This has been the conclusion I've been dragged kicking and screaming to over the last couple of years myself. - If it's not FOSS it's spyware - If it's got a camera it's probably going to a datacenter to run facial recognition and/or ALPR or similar - If it requires a login they are modeling your behavior
  - swiley 5y ago
    Wear a mask and/or hat and sunglasses when outside Don't drive Don't carry a cell phone (if you're worried about emergencies, HAM licenses and 2M radios are cheap.) Don't use non-free software Don't use hosted centralized technology from Facebook and Google or similar.
imwillofficial 5y ago
Nailed it
swiley 5y ago
I posted ~8 months ago (albeit on an anonymous forum) that those really stupid 5g conspiracy theories might be a coverup for the privacy implications of 5g (my meta conspiracy theory if you will.)
- jazzyjackson 5y ago
  Create a conspiracy so out-landish it out-competes the legitimate concerns for attention and burns out people’s patience for listening. There must be multiple PR firms that have this strategy down pat, is there a name for it yet? I might nominate Conspiracy-washing, or maybe conspiracy-flooding, drowning out the rational voices.
BobJackienine 5y ago
I think I'll just leave my phone home from now on. Call me leave a message and I'll get back to you after work.
NDizzle 5y ago
On a long enough time frame, Alex Jones is always right.
- shapefrog 5y ago
  That he is a 'performance artist playing a character'
jsrjenkins 5y ago
It isn't even really a theory anymore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIgi7KPl6tw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIgi7KPl6tw
IshKebab 5y ago
Uhm the 5G conspiracy theory is that it causes Covid. Not that the higher frequencies and smaller cell sizes allow better phone localisation, which is obvious and not a conspiracy theory.

Yet again, the difference between conspiracy theory and reality is 6-12 months.

by rtz121 5y ago

Yet again, the difference between conspiracy theory and reality is 6-12 months.

At this point we can assume that anything technologically feasible for surveillance is implemented or pending implementation. There were some suggestions that the push for 5G comes from the desire to improve location tracking which is much better on 5G.

kook_throwaway 5y ago
This has been the conclusion I've been dragged kicking and screaming to over the last couple of years myself. - If it's not FOSS it's spyware - If it's got a camera it's probably going to a datacenter to run facial recognition and/or ALPR or similar - If it requires a login they are modeling your behavior
- swiley 5y ago
  Wear a mask and/or hat and sunglasses when outside Don't drive Don't carry a cell phone (if you're worried about emergencies, HAM licenses and 2M radios are cheap.) Don't use non-free software Don't use hosted centralized technology from Facebook and Google or similar.

imwillofficial 5y ago

Nailed it

swiley 5y ago

I posted ~8 months ago (albeit on an anonymous forum) that those really stupid 5g conspiracy theories might be a coverup for the privacy implications of 5g (my meta conspiracy theory if you will.)

jazzyjackson 5y ago
Create a conspiracy so out-landish it out-competes the legitimate concerns for attention and burns out people’s patience for listening. There must be multiple PR firms that have this strategy down pat, is there a name for it yet? I might nominate Conspiracy-washing, or maybe conspiracy-flooding, drowning out the rational voices.

BobJackienine 5y ago

I think I'll just leave my phone home from now on. Call me leave a message and I'll get back to you after work.

NDizzle 5y ago

On a long enough time frame, Alex Jones is always right.

shapefrog 5y ago
That he is a 'performance artist playing a character'

jsrjenkins 5y ago

It isn't even really a theory anymore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIgi7KPl6tw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIgi7KPl6tw

IshKebab 5y ago

Uhm the 5G conspiracy theory is that it causes Covid. Not that the higher frequencies and smaller cell sizes allow better phone localisation, which is obvious and not a conspiracy theory.