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Ha, I don't even have a pager. Just another thing being triangulated by cell towers that sell the location. I have VoIP landlines... and SMS can go to my email

by lrvick 4y ago

Ha, I don't even have a pager. Just another thing being triangulated by cell towers that sell the location. I have VoIP landlines... and SMS can go to my email, but that is the closest thing to telephony that I have. I check email and chat from my desktop when I am in my home office when I want to be reachable. I am mid 30s, so almost everyone in my social circle has their face buried in their phones at all times which is something I am all the more painfully aware of now, as that used to be me. I notice the families all at tables all on their phones. Now that I have some distance, it feels really gross. I am just present in whatever I am doing and noticing my surroundings now. Slowing down. Life is short. As a bonus, between not having a connection to cell towers and using only cash, I navigate the physical world mostly invisibly which means slightly less food for the corporate survilliance machines of the world. The only real annoyance is restaurants that all want me to scan a QR code for menu/ordering, and have no idea what to do when I say I don't have a phone. One recently hooked up a tablet to a printer just to print a menu for me. They never complain as they realize instantly it is their own bad assumption that -everyone- has phones and they don't want to discriminate against me. It feels like re-clearing a trail that has grown over sometimes. Also for those wondering, you -can- have a lifestyle that integrates plenty of disconnected time and have tech jobs. I run a security consulting company and have ongoing consulting retainers with 10+ companies at any given time. I simply schedule time with them when they want it, and set a 24 hour response expectation.

ProllyInfamous 4y ago
>Ha, I don't even have a pager ... [trackable] I use a one-way pager with a receiver-only module. The downside to this is there is no error correction/receipt.confirmation. >I simply schedule time with them when they want it, and set a 24 hour response expectation. This is how it has to be done. I also require minimum billing hours if they don't meet this expectation (or don't show up within 15 minutes of scheduled start time).
- lrvick 4y ago
  A receiver only module? I was not aware this was a thing, but that would indeed avoid all tracking and allow a method for important notifications to reach you. This is a really interesting option for my needs. I imagine this must only work over 2g or 3g? Sadly both are being shut down soon and I can not see anyone making a 4G pager.

by lrvick 4y ago

ProllyInfamous 4y ago

>Ha, I don't even have a pager ... [trackable] I use a one-way pager with a receiver-only module. The downside to this is there is no error correction/receipt.confirmation. >I simply schedule time with them when they want it, and set a 24 hour response expectation. This is how it has to be done. I also require minimum billing hours if they don't meet this expectation (or don't show up within 15 minutes of scheduled start time).

lrvick 4y ago
A receiver only module? I was not aware this was a thing, but that would indeed avoid all tracking and allow a method for important notifications to reach you. This is a really interesting option for my needs. I imagine this must only work over 2g or 3g? Sadly both are being shut down soon and I can not see anyone making a 4G pager.