On Thu, 26 Dec 2019, Mike C. wrote:
Indeed. Which means that in practice you're only as secure as the app your family, friend and co-workers use. And then when you bring up how they should use encryption, you're instantly the "security conspiracy tin foil hat wearing person who has a Faraday Cage in their basement" person of the group.
Over the past week the NY Times reported on their investigation of how extensive and comprehensive is the tracking of individuals by their mobile phones. As part of the series they tracked a whole small town for a time then told the residents what they did and what they found. They also published a list of three things one could (should) do with Android and iOS phones to limit the ability of being tracked. A perfect example of how a technology developed initially for beneficual uses can be turned into a tool to control or do harm. Sad. Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
