In China, you can’t exist without a smartphone, because for all existential things you have to do (paying bills, buying tickets etc.) , you are forced to use the almighty wechat app. Smartphones are a tool to manipulate and to spy on the population. It is a tool utilized by the ruling class, to control the masses. I hate the future and I hate “progress”.
False.
Smartphones are not a tool to manipulate and spy on tge population. Nor are they a tool utilized by the ruling class to control the masses.
Dont assume that what happens in China will happen elsewhere.
You might appreciate the work done by purism to give us more control over our devices.
Smartphones are not a tool to manipulate and spy on tge population.
Oh boy, wait until you learn about Google-Analytics on Android phones, or how they predict (or lets say know) where traffic jams are. Does the Section 702 of the USA ring a bell?
They certainly started as a good idea, but they evolved into a widely used surveillance tool for companies and governments across the world.
You might appreciate the work done by purism to give us more control over our devices.
Based off this line I’m pretty sure you’re trolling, Purism barely manages to ship a product in 5 years.
They had issues, but theyve been shipping phones this year and they run Linux.
We dont have to just use ios or android, and I think that’s a great thing!
Is it their intended purpose? No. Is it absolutely a function they’re used for? Yes. It’s a phone, the government absolutely spies on you with it
Not just adtech. Wireless communication protocols too. The stuff Snowden leaked never stopped
