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Cellphones are tracking devices. Plain and simple. The fact that the trackees/victims are paying 70 to 100 bucks each month to build and support the tracking in
by 16s 14y ago
Cellphones are tracking devices. Plain and simple. The fact that the trackees/victims are paying 70 to 100 bucks each month to build and support the tracking infrastructure is the amazing part.
- sukuriant 14y agoEver tried working in BigCo since they've been a part of the world for any extended period of time? I only know one person that successfully lived without a cell phone in the modern world for a while.
- grecy 14y agoI'm a Software Engineer in a company with 500 employees, and I have not had a cell phone for > 7 yeas. Granted, I live in a town of only 40k people, though I previously lived in a city of 1.5Mil, and before that 3Mil, both without a cell. It's extremely liberating.
- Pwnguinz 14y agoI live in the South Bay. I do not have a cell phone. I'm a full stack engineer at a startup that's raised series A--not some grumpy "Get off of my lawn!" grandpa. What urgency is there to need a cellphone for, in most routine days? Sure, it would suck if something horrible happened to a member of my family and I couldn't be contacted until I got home, oh maybe 4 hours later. Short of some such edge case scenarios, "it can wait".
- lurkinggrue 14y agoMy car broke down earlier today and I had to call AAA. Glad I didn't have to get out of my car to contact somebody. This would have been a routine day if I hadn't broke down. Bet you don't own a TV either.
- 16s 14y agoCarry a 2M HT and hit the local repeater when you break down. Give them your position and they'll call a tow truck for you.
- lurkinggrue 14y agoThis is why I come here, for the practical solutions to problems.
- Pwnguinz 14y agoCould you elaborate on this a bit more? What's a local repeater? How do I 'hit it', so to speak, etc?
- Pwnguinz 14y agoI don't drive :). I do not own a TV proper. I own a Sony HMZ-T1 instead.