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Re:Microsoft Band by orbifold on Thursday October 30, 2014 @02:08AM (#8531637)
Of course not. I own a phone, whose battery lasts a month, I can call people and receive text messages. And its common knowledge that its not a good idea to bring any mobile device to demonstrations for example. In Germany they've been known to indiscriminately monitor all mobile communications at demonstrations and put the numbers on file.
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Re:Microsoft Band by firepacket on Thursday October 30, 2014 @11:21PM (#8537143)
Your communications can still be tapped, your location can still be tracked through cell towers, and remote malware can still turn your phone into a persistent bug.

I don't think there's much of an advantage to using a dumb phone. At least with a smartphone you can run apps that encrypt your communications.

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