The only control I have over this is to not have a smartphone.
That is not the only control you have. You also have the ability to not download and install apps that access your microphone.
If you install an app that uses the microphone, then read the fine print so you understand why it needs that access, and what it is doing with the data.
I wish someone who did have control over this would put a stop to it.
Look in the mirror. You will see the person who has control.
Bill, word has it that you don't even have to download any apps, it's either baked right into the firmware of the phone, or you get surveillance software push-installed silently, with it running silently in the background. Your phone could be listening to you right now and you'd never know it, no way to tell. Don't tell me I'm paranoid, either, it's all been documented, and don't tell me you're not worth surveilling, because that's not the point. The only way to be sure you win this game is to not play.
So get rid of your smartphone. You've been indoctrinated to believe that you cannot live without one, but that's complete and utter bullshit. I do not have a smartphone, never have, never will, and I live life just as fully as anyone else. Cheap clamshell phone for the win!
Think about it: do you really need to play games, surf the web, watch movies, or any of the other crap you do with your smartphone other than make and receive calls and text messages? No, you do not, you WANT to do those things, but yo
If they follow you everywhere you go and log what you are doing, shouldn't these old laws eventually start to apply? Yea I know; don't buy such a device, because these things are so easy to avoid. That fellow citizen standing next to you probably has one even if you don't, not to forget all the cameras watching you everywhere...
The only control I have over this is to not have a smartphone.
That is not the only control you have. You also have the ability to not download and install apps that access your microphone.
If you install an app that uses the microphone, then read the fine print so you understand why it needs that access, and what it is doing with the data.
I wish someone who did have control over this would put a stop to it.
Look in the mirror. You will see the person who has control.
Think about it: do you really need to play games, surf the web, watch movies, or any of the other crap you do with your smartphone other than make and receive calls and text messages? No, you do not, you WANT to do those things, but yo