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Re:What Constant Surveillance Is Doing to Children by pixelready on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @03:10PM (#50445640)
I’m seeing more retro-style tech spring up for kids. We just got one of these for the kiddo: https://tincan.kids/ and have found out several other parents have them so there’s a small but growing network of kid landlines forming.
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Re:What Constant Surveillance Is Doing to Children by bitwize on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @04:19PM (#50446438)
Even without purpose-built things like TinCan, most "landlines" these days... aren't. My parents' house is wired for telephony, but the backhaul is 5G. A box in the house serves as the uplink between the 5G network and the "landline" phones throughout the house.
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