Great points as always. I have heard similar things about cell phones before. I wonder, are they any worse than a computer? Of course they track your movements but I’m curious what more insidious things are in play currently.
I know in Australia they were weaponized: during lockdown when they sent you a message you had 5 minutes to t…
Great points as always. I have heard similar things about cell phones before. I wonder, are they any worse than a computer? Of course they track your movements but I’m curious what more insidious things are in play currently.
I know in Australia they were weaponized: during lockdown when they sent you a message you had 5 minutes to take a selfie of yourself at home, or else. That hasn’t happened here - yet.
I noticed years ago that cell phones get the major share of wifi networks. Whenever I was in a cafe on my computer, if more than one person came in with a cell phone...and the crappers are always on...I could ..in the words of Suzy Creamcheese..."FERGETIT!!"
If they planned on attacking folks cells that way, isn't that what they'd do?
Great points as always. I have heard similar things about cell phones before. I wonder, are they any worse than a computer? Of course they track your movements but I’m curious what more insidious things are in play currently.
I know in Australia they were weaponized: during lockdown when they sent you a message you had 5 minutes to take a selfie of yourself at home, or else. That hasn’t happened here - yet.
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Yes. If on a tower network they know nearly your exact location, whereas websites make all sorts of wild guesses as to my computer's location.
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You can do that while walking about on data?
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I noticed years ago that cell phones get the major share of wifi networks. Whenever I was in a cafe on my computer, if more than one person came in with a cell phone...and the crappers are always on...I could ..in the words of Suzy Creamcheese..."FERGETIT!!"
If they planned on attacking folks cells that way, isn't that what they'd do?