>you are not forced to have a smartphone Yes. That was my point. We are not forced to (though life would be hard without one). As I said, we did it to ourselve

>you are not forced to have a smartphone Yes. That was my point. We are not forced to (though life would be hard without one). As I said, we did it to ourselves. >Don't just fixate on the surveillance aspect I'm referring to the context of this thread, which is largely around surveillance. That, BTW, is also the context in which references to 1984 most often arise.