• squaresinger@lemmy.world
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      19 days ago

      You already have not a bunch but a horde of people watching every move you make on your phone, and not only are you ok with it, you even post your opinions on social media, which means you are totally fine with it.

      Which makes the protest against a small bit more surveilance pretty hypocritical.

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        19 days ago

        I have taken time-consuming measures to strengthen security on my phone and to degoogle and ditch big tech. It’s actually hard to do. I’m not in an area with people who stimulate me in conversation so Lemmy is good for me.

        It’s all I can do to minimize this shit on my phone. I’ve spent a lot doing it. I can’t fight both mobile providers and auto companies too.

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          19 days ago

          Does your phone connect to mobile network? If so, your network provider knows your location at all times, because they need to triangulate your position via the network to make sure your phone ends up in the right cell. And yes, they do save your location history, and if you are in a country like the US, you gave them the rights to sell that data when you signed your phone plan.

          Do you use SMS messages? They are unencrypted and the contents are saved too.

          Do you use DNS? Yeah, also unencrypted, and yeah, also that is saved and tracked, no matter which DNS server you configured.

          All of this is way more critical information about you than the car tracking whether you are awake or not.

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                  18 days ago

                  I repeat: Do you use a phone or a computer? Is it connected to the internet? If so, you are fine with much more surveilance than the car checking if you are awake.