Discussion»Statements»Rosie's Corner» Didja know your cell phone is a spy in your pocket? Take it everywhere with you do you? Folks out there know exactly WHERE. D'ya care?
We don't have one Walt but anyone out to get you can track all your locations and probably trap you and take you out. You are a moving target and the record is there for all to learn about. I know there are cameras everywhere in some cities. I think on every street corner. In California you see tons of them at intersections I guess to take photos of the rulebreakers. But in the olden days when a phone was just phone could your comings and goings be tracked then too? It's just an eerie feeling like strangers are always watching tracking recording documenting. Aarrgghh! Thank you for your reply and Happy Friday to thy! :)
This post was edited by RosieG at December 30, 2019 6:35 PM MST
China has cities with so many cameras, they can track and catch a criminal in under 10 minutes.
Ironically, you can buy laser pointers from China which are powerful enough to damage cameras ... maybe even burn out the circuit behind the lens. Which HAS been used in Europe and America, by protesters.
China has a bazillion people Walt! Oh my gosh! So they make the camera and they also make the counter camera? That's covering all bases isn't it? Smart. Thank you for your reply and the info. Crazy out there ain't it at times?
Oh yes, this is well known - but there is a very simple solution. Turn the thing off until you need to make a call, or you are genuinely expecting a necessary call such as in arranging to meet at a give point at a given time.
One aspect of this, is who would be bothered to track you and why? Not the security authorities unless you do something to make them suspect you of something - there are simply too many people carrying too many 'phones around to bother to track everyone; and in the overwhelming majority of cases the places and routes are innocent or even mundane. If GCHQ ( British security-services radio and telecommunications tracing centre) really want to know I went shopping in Aldis yesterday, let 'em!
What is being developed - and may already be in use in places - is rather more insidious and unwelcome. It is an active advertising system for department stores and the like, that uses your shopping patterns and preferences gleaned from bank-card payments and "loyalty"-card use. From these, it would send you a text-message of offers when the shop's telephone tracker detects you are close to the premises.
I would take that in heartbeat Durdle. Tracking people who are one's perceived "enemies" everywhere they go? That is what terrifies me. How many deadheads are there whose hatred for "the other" manifests itself in every word and deed who has the power to annihilate? That's the awful for me. Worst case. Abomination. Thank you for your very thoughtful and informative reply. It is benign compared to the deadhead cabal et al worldwide and what they are doing collectively colluding conspiring. How will they take you out? Sniper? Poisen? "Accident"? SIGH. Happy Friday to thee! :)
This post was edited by RosieG at December 30, 2019 10:29 AM MST
I don't know who you think is actually going to even bother to try tracking our phones!
The Police or security services? Only if we have given them very good reason to do so, and it needs appropriate access to very secure systems; and appropriate high-level permission.
Advertising agencies? Possibly, in certain situations. They buy most electronic information about private individuals from sites like Facebook (its primary business purpose); shop "loyalty-cards" and other commercial channels. It is what we buy or show on-line interest in, that matters to them; not our locations or journeys.
Our "enemies"? Who are these "enemies" you imagine?
"Deadhead cabal"? What cabal and what does "deadhead" mean?
WHO will take us out? And why?
Just turn your 'phone off, or leave it at home, unless you need it genuinely with you!
[Edited to remove an accidental repeat.)
This post was edited by Durdle at December 30, 2019 10:29 AM MST
I'm just sharing the info I read Durdle. It is not my idea. I don't own a cell phone. I have also heard that SMART TV's likewise track everything you view. Also when you are on the internet folks can track where you go. As for deadhead that is our oinker prez in my opinion. He is braindead. His words and deeds are not that of a sane intelligent person. IN MY OPINION. I am part of the RESISTANCE. There are millions of us. We believe the oinker prez is despicable evil calculating treasonous and a money-hungry hoor who puts himself above all else and as such deserves nothing but contempt and disdain which I am very happy to provide when I show up here. Just my view which I am wont to state. As someone who is not an American you are an outside observer and cannot possibly know what we of the resistance are experiencing. I appreciate your views. Thank you for your reply.
If you don't want to be tracked on the internet ... use the TOR browser.
One thing I didn't think of until I was informed by using TOR ... by resizing your browser to fit your screen, some "trackers" will report the size of your screen. Now, I assume they also report things like font size - so they can target ads based on your "bad eyesight".
I yam very ignorant m'dear. What the heck is TOR? Do I just Google it? I guess I could try it. But I don't care really. I don't go anywhere that would embarrass me. Not my cuppa tea. I don't plot insurrections or anything troublesome. They can track me night and day and unless it is weaponzied don john adoring worshipper I should be okay. Thank you for your reply Walt and Happy Monday! :)
I believe it stands for "The Onion Router" ... it's a browser designed to make it virtually impossible to track your online history. You can even select what country you want it to appear you're browsing from. lol
It can also be used by people in countries where the government tracks your online history, to prevent the government from tracking them. EG: A user in China could "spoof" that they were browsing from Norway. Viva La Resistance!
Wow! So deceit is alive and well on the internet? Isn't that swell as he**? So when we have hostile foreign countries screwing around with our elections they can be made to appear to be coming from everywhere else but their actual place of origin? How do you fight deceit and lies on so many levels? Give up give in accept roll over. Adapt. I CAHN'T STEND IT! Thank you for your reply Walt.
This post was edited by RosieG at December 30, 2019 11:15 AM MST
Oh, the tracking function in a 'phone is widely known of. Whether it matters to the individual is by choice really, at least in ordinary circumstances.
Where it really does matter is in countries like China, probably now the world's leader in tracking and surveillance of ordinary citizens. and selling the software to other countries.
A friend of mine has just advised he is changing his e-mail supplier, because the Yahoo! he was using are now demanding as condition of service that he allows full and free access to his account by third-parties - mainly the advertising-agencies.
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"Deadhead" = your President. I should have guessed! :-) You are right though, that I cannot possibly know and understand what it's like living in the USA now.
Thank you Walt. I didn't know that! I suspect it may be more true of up-to-date "smart" phones than basic instruments like mine, but you could always wrap it in a foil envelope to shield the aerial.
Walt O'Reagun 