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If I told you 50 years ago, "Hey, we're going to build a worldwide surveillance network and make the people we are tracking pay for it", you would not have beli
by seethishat 1y ago
If I told you 50 years ago, "Hey, we're going to build a worldwide surveillance network and make the people we are tracking pay for it", you would not have believed me. But that is what happened.
Cell phones.
- joshstrange 1y agoYes, because the sole reason someone would possess a cell phone is to be tracked, with no other legitimate reason for wanting a cell or smartphone at all. /s While tracking is an unfortunate consequence, cell phones and smartphones have become indispensable aspects of our daily lives. We can lament their prevalence or highlight their negative impacts, but reducing cell phones to “tracking devices people pay for” is an overly simplistic view IMHO.
- defrost 1y agoHardly indispensable, it just feels that way to many.