Privacy: Is That iPhone?

Re:Privacy: Is That iPhone? by api on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @08:07PM (#21520138)

Mobile is all about surveillance as near as I can see. The whole purpose of it is to track users.

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Re:Privacy: Is That iPhone? by BurningFrog on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @10:03PM (#21520843)

There were mobile phones decades before any of this existed.

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Re:Privacy: Is That iPhone? by krageon on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @04:59AM (#21522529)

And to the extent that this was practical, they have always been used for surveillance.

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Re:Privacy: Is That iPhone? by BurningFrog on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @09:55AM (#21524776)

Maybe I'm splitting hairs, but that's definitely not their primary purpose, which is what I think OP was saying.

Sure, once they exist, there are secondary effects who are important in themselves.

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Re:Privacy: Is That iPhone? by api on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @09:13AM (#21524243)

Yeah I guess people carrying around transmitters is too easy to exploit for surveillance and it's just irresistible.

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Re:Privacy: Is That iPhone? by kevin_thibedeau on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @09:52PM (#21520793)

How else should a telescreen function?

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Re:Privacy: Is That iPhone? by mrgreenfur on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @11:29AM (#21525959)

I think the push to apps was to get persistent tracking while offering the user the olive branch of new apis/better battery life/etc. The browser is a prophylactic against apps and their uncontrolled behaviors.

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