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Re:Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US ... by kls on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @03:10PM (#25280921)
I gave up a phone, 4 years ago due to the fact that I am involved in anti-child trafficking and while it is not a grave risk, the reality is there are bad people that traffic in children and the less trackable I am, the more that risk profile goes down.

Anyways, that is just backstory to say, getting rid of my phone was the best thing I ever did, I have a burner with a few hundred minutes on it, in my truck for emergencies but I honestly never use it.

A good deal of people could actually untethered themselves from their phone dependency and actually find out that they enjoy it a lot more than being leashed to one.

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Re:Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US ... by giantg2 on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @03:17PM (#25281009)
I'd probably be fired if I didn't have a cell.
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Re:Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US ... by dylan604 on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @04:11PM (#25281701)
Then the company better being paying/providing said cell to you. If a company requires something to be used, they need to provide it.
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Re:Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US ... by giantg2 on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @04:19PM (#25281798)
They won't ever admit it. It's like if you were hiring someone: most people won't hire someone who doesn't have a phone number because that would be an inconvenience to them, but they can always make up another excuse for why not to hire the person.
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Re:Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US ... by kls on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @07:57PM (#25283923)
Fortunately in my line of work it's not that uncommon to have anything other than a burner phone and even then a lot of people don't even have that. I went completely without one for about 2 years and then decided to get a burner when I had to walk back to my house to get some tools to fix an issue with my truck. Figured I at least needed one for those kind of situations.
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