Thread: What's with the Paranoia?
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Old 09-27-2021, 11:14 PM   #436
i.am.stack
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how many worry about what the apps on their cell phones may be telling others?
I do. I've put a capture packet on a brand new out-of-the-box Android and watched it talk to servers all over the world as it immediately began connecting to weird services. It's amazing how many systems it talked to and how much data was transmitted just sitting there on the desk for a week.

That's why I only buy devices I can put LineageOS on and it is really good about not being chatty on the network. I'm also not dumb enough to put any random app nor any social media app on my phone/tablet.

That's the way it should be. It should always be the consumers choice first.

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Or the preferred customer cards that grocery stores provide for their customers. The barcode on those links to your account so that the store knows a lot about you if you think about it
What's great about those is that the vast majority of the time they don't care who has a card or who uses it. And they do almost no checking or verification on any of it either. My friends and family have always signed up some random name at some random address and then we all group use it. Really messes with their metrics. Especially if you use cash to pay.

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and for that matter the GPS in your car can also be used to see if you were anywhere near the scene of the crime (so to speak).
Another reason to opt out of those things. And if you can't, rip out the plug. Only use the GPS from a trusted device. Like a LineageOS Android that won't rat on you. It's not hard to do.

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With all that why worry about what a humble little ereader could be doing?
Yeah, what's another cup of water to a man already drowning? Except some of us are willing to take just a little bit of precaution and do a little bit of diligence to not to be in that situation.

Then again, if I wanted to watch dancing pigs I'd put in a Muppet Show DVD. The sad reality is most computer users won't. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_pigs
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