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Post by JacobKfromIRC »

nec4b wrote: post #105
zhoBEENG wrote: post #46

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We agree on when to meet and where, and then we both actually show up. The whole last-minute plan changing thing is a pretty recent phenomenon, I believe.

Do you never have problems with transportation like breakdowns or accidents stopping the traffic for a while or having some sort of emergency where you need to drop everything an take care of it?

Not who you replied to, but I do sometimes have problems like this, and as a result I am sometimes an hour late with no warning. It's bad, but it only happens very rarely. This also sometimes happened when I did use a smartphone, if it ran out of battery (though, in hindsight, why didn't I bring a charger?).

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Post by mixmastamyk »

zhoBEENG wrote: post #46
tdeck wrote: post #38

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What happens when you're meeting up with someone? With the folks I know who don't have a phone, this is always a real pain point because they don't have a way to communicate or receive changes of plans, "I'm going to be late", etc...

We agree on when to meet and where, and then we both actually show up. The whole last-minute plan changing thing is a pretty recent phenomenon, I believe.

How I operate as well. But noticed most people can not do this anymore. They will not pay attention to the details and (try to) call at the last minute to find the location.

Re: Everything you do is being recorded

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Post by JacobKfromIRC »

doctorwho42 wrote: post #78
zhoBEENG wrote: post #69

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I do not carry a cellphone, but I own an old one with no data plan that remains off and in a drawer except for when used for things like this. I am not sure I have run into any stores that require 2 factor. Mostly just official stuff like banks.

My work has multiple systems that require 2fa on a regular basis. It's actually quite annoying, and the alternative options to 2fa don't work for every system.

Oof, this is a problem at my workplace. Crew [1] and Connecteam [2] (workplace communication apps) both require an SMS code to sign in. Technically, you don't have to have a cell phone, because you can use a VoIP service, but it means that someone who does have a cell phone has to replace it with a VoIP service instead of just getting rid of it.

[1] https://crewapp.com/ [2] https://connecteam.com/

Re: Everything you do is being recorded

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Post by dwedge »

NewJazz wrote: post #358
dwedge wrote: post #335

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I used GrapheneOS without a sim card for 4 months and the battery life was great. I put a sim card in, and since then (2 months) the battery dies twice as fast no matter which profile it's in, and dies faster even on airplane mode. I left it at 80% the other day and went out, came back 6 hours later and it was dead and red hot. Maybe it's just a dodgy phone, maybe it's not doing something on the less-trackable sim co…

What model do you have? The pixel 6a does terribly when it is in 5g mode, something abput the hardware is broken or bugged. My friend who has a 6a has to keep it in 4g only mode or sacrifice battrry life.

Pixel 9 but it could be another obscure bug that only shows up with that Sim

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Post by dwedge »

red-iron-pine wrote: post #361
dwedge wrote: post #335

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I used GrapheneOS without a sim card for 4 months and the battery life was great. I put a sim card in, and since then (2 months) the battery dies twice as fast no matter which profile it's in, and dies faster even on airplane mode. I left it at 80% the other day and went out, came back 6 hours later and it was dead and red hot. Maybe it's just a dodgy phone, maybe it's not doing something on the less-trackable sim co…

lasts for days with a pixel 9. literally don't need to plug it in for a couple days at a stretch might just be an older phone and older battery

It's a 9 and I had exactly the same experience until I put the Sim in. Maybe I should try first taking the Sim back out and second reinstalling it

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Post by yubblegum »

Tangurena2 wrote: post #310
mawadev wrote: post #239

I feel like sooner or later we all hollow out a little more. All this data is either used to prevent crime or to influence your thoughts and what you do in the world. Outsourcing your thinking to something else leads to digital dementia. What is the point of all of this technology?

> What is the point of all of this technology? It is the over-reaction to 911. The 3-letter agencies were all traumatized by not knowing in advance that they pushed every single anti-privacy initiative possible. Like the PATRIOT ACT which was already written when 911 happened. The current administration has shown that they use all these recording stuffs in order to persecute their political enemies.

> It is the over-reaction

That is in fact a matter that is subject to serious debate.

Pretext.

Re: Everything you do is being recorded

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Post by [deleted] »

dwedge wrote: post #335
inigyou wrote: post #199

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Using GrapheneOS makes you a terrorist now. I'm a terrorist.

I used GrapheneOS without a sim card for 4 months and the battery life was great. I put a sim card in, and since then (2 months) the battery dies twice as fast no matter which profile it's in, and dies faster even on airplane mode. I left it at 80% the other day and went out, came back 6 hours later and it was dead and red hot. Maybe it's just a dodgy phone, maybe it's not doing something on the less-trackable sim co…

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Post by inigyou »

stronglikedan wrote: post #351
inigyou wrote: post #270

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Fingerprint and PIN unlock, but only PIN unlocks it and fingerprint is always duress? That's a good idea.

At that point, just don't have biometrics configured at all. It would be waaay to easy to accidentally wipe your phone. Just have an unlock PIN and a duress PIN. You're going to be charged with destroying evidence either way if you use the duress method, so you may as well use the method that won't accidentally wipe your phone with a single misplaced finger.

The point is that you don't wipe your finger. The police wipes your finger against your will.

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Post by hdgvhicv »

WarmWash wrote: post #347
dns_snek wrote: post #342

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> Corporations are the ones who make money for the government. No they don't, people do, always have and always will. The owners of these corporations simply have an undue level of control over the collective wealth created by the people.

Can you explain how the people do? What you said sounds nice, but is it actually the case? Because as far as I can tell, we're all out here being willfully delegated work by corporations rather than taking the risk of doing it ourselves.

How much money does a corporation with no employees make?

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Post by bpatch »

pull_my_finger wrote: post #144
NegativeK wrote: post #133

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We need PII to be so toxic that companies run screaming from the liability unless they have explicit consent[1] and a legit reason to house it. A company selling me widgets wouldn't store or let another company store extra information about me if it subjected them the widget seller to HIPAA. Or better yet, something more stringent. We don't need the government to be antagonistic toward corporations; we just need a go…

> We need PII to be so toxic that companies run screaming from the liability This is how healthcare workers used to treat health information protected by HIPAA, but it seems like the big corporations don't really even care about it. Nothing ever comes from violations besides slap on the wrist/cost of doing business penalties. You can't do anything without waiving all your rights, granting permission to be recorded, g…

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