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| author | Nicholas Johnson <mail@nicholasjohnson.ch> | 2025-02-05 00:00:00 +0000 |
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| committer | Nicholas Johnson <mail@nicholasjohnson.ch> | 2025-02-05 00:00:00 +0000 |
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Replace instances of 'wifi' with 'Wi-Fi'
'Wi-Fi' is the correct spelling.
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diff --git a/content/entry/why-i-dont-have-a-smartphone.md b/content/entry/why-i-dont-have-a-smartphone.md index 6ff4f7b..a8857ba 100644 --- a/content/entry/why-i-dont-have-a-smartphone.md +++ b/content/entry/why-i-dont-have-a-smartphone.md @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Even if I didn't have a phone to borrow, I could use the PinePhone as a home pho Regular readers of this journal are probably wondering when I'm going to mention privacy. It's widely understood that smartphones are tracking and surveillance devices, so surely that's another objection, right? ## Smartphones Are Surveillance Devices -Well actually no. It's possible to have a smartphone that isn't a mass surveillance device. When I had the Google Pixel, I enabled airplane mode and MAC randomization. I used free software from F-droid exclusively. Traffic was onion-routed via Tor. Bluetooth was disabled and wifi as well when I wasn't using it. [I taped both front and rear cameras.](/2021/04/07/cover-your-cameras/) So privacy wasn't an issue for me. +Well actually no. It's possible to have a smartphone that isn't a mass surveillance device. When I had the Google Pixel, I enabled airplane mode and MAC randomization. I used free software from F-droid exclusively. Traffic was onion-routed via Tor. Bluetooth was disabled and Wi-Fi as well when I wasn't using it. [I taped both front and rear cameras.](/2021/04/07/cover-your-cameras/) So privacy wasn't an issue for me. The average person's smartphone is a surveillance device with dozens of proprietary apps tracking them every which way and a crippled, vendor-locked excuse for the latest version of Android. As for iPhones, there's no excuse for having that trash. They're even worse for your freedom than vendor-locked Androids. |