Ah, when I was a lad the rule was never to put anything you didn't want the world to know on a networked computer. Mind you, most people didn't have any home computer or network connection, so it was easy to follow 
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Too much Of Us Tied Into Cell Phones?
- Thread starter Kamau
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zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
I'm annoyed right now about personalization. There's places to put all your info on the phone. It's my phone, I know who I am so why do I have to?
I'm tired of "everyone else does, it's customary, etc."
Personalization to me is a pic of my cat's butt with the words "Eff Off"
(I did have something like that as a splash screen on 98SE. You could change the stupid Windows one)
I'm tired of "everyone else does, it's customary, etc."
Personalization to me is a pic of my cat's butt with the words "Eff Off"
(I did have something like that as a splash screen on 98SE. You could change the stupid Windows one)
argedion
The TechnoFrog
Speed Daemon
Android Expert
The carriers don't necessarily want to spy on you. That's not their gig, and they're not exactly the type to embrace new things.
It's the data merchants and the governments that you really need to watch out for. They're the ones with a vested interest in who you're talking to and what you're saying.
MommasDroid
Newbie
I use my phone for alarms more than anything else, lol.
zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
Here's your answer:
How Verizon and Other Wireless Carriers Are Mining Customer Data | MIT Technology Review
I refuse to play. I can have everything enabled and as far as the carrier knows, I'm sitting at home.
I'm also ordering everything I want from online on the PC rather than use the local businesses who don't carry anything I really want.
Personalization. From personal. What I consider personal is different from what you consider personal and each of us should be able to do what we want within reason.
How Verizon and Other Wireless Carriers Are Mining Customer Data | MIT Technology Review
I refuse to play. I can have everything enabled and as far as the carrier knows, I'm sitting at home.
I'm also ordering everything I want from online on the PC rather than use the local businesses who don't carry anything I really want.
Personalization. From personal. What I consider personal is different from what you consider personal and each of us should be able to do what we want within reason.