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> "Throw out your fking smartphone then" if you are averse to spying. It was like I was reading something I'd written, right up until this last bit. (Just som
by patcon 12y ago
> "Throw out your fking smartphone then" if you are averse to spying.
It was like I was reading something I'd written, right up until this last bit.
(Just some thoughts. Not taking a point with or against you here.)
People want normality. Smartphones are normal, and so normal people want them. I feel strongly that normal people also want privacy, but only enough to say so and not enough to be inconvenienced or live abnormally. If told that normal smartphones are incompatible with privacy, they will then start saying things about not really needing or valuing privacy.
Cognitive dissonance in action.
imho the fix is still to work at making larger chunks of privacy free for normal people :)
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- mirimir 12y agoNo reasonable person would forgo a smartphone. And indeed, doing so would be abnormal, and so bad OPSEC. What's crucial, I think, is being present at all times to the fact of total surveillance. Given that, we can choose sometimes to put the smartphone in a sound-proof Faraday bag. Or use a VPN and/or Tor. Or whatever is appropriate to the context.
- happyscrappy 12y agoWhat are the circumstances where normal people would need a soundproof faraday bag?