Technology

Welcome to your "I only buy vintage tech" era.

Mine started when 3.5 mm audio jacks started disappearing. We all draw a line.

And this is why I de-googled my phones. Fuck off with that surveillance bullshit.

I already have a voice recorder app on my phone, thanks.

I already get "random" ads for things that were only part of a verbal conversation that happened to be near the phone.

What I want is a physical kill switch for the mic and camera, less surveillance not more.

Fucking yikes

First setting change, turn off audio memory.

Because they weren't already listening in?

Illegal in Germany. You may not record conversations, if you try to enter something like that as evidence you'll get punished as well.

I suspect there are many countries with laws like that, and if your phone actually disables the feature when you enter them or just let's you hang to dry...

I believe that the idea is genuinely good; however if you think about all the data that leaves your phone and that can be used for tracking, spying and so on, it gets disgusting.

Thank god I have Graphene.

So, my options are iPhone or Graphene?

Um, oh fuck no.

The reams of personally-identifiable information that will leak is insane.

We're not allowed to have Siri and Alexa listening when we're working, lest a stray word on a phone call from the home office risks a privacy breach.

I can remember my own coversations myself, thanks.

And what I feel I might both need and forget I'll write down Either on the phone or using pen and paper.

How do I opt-out?