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Making me do some work. Had to look up what Wi-Fi is. "WIFI stands for Wireless Fidelity which is a wireless technology standard for wireless Internet access. It is used as a replacement for cable connections and other types of wires."
https://unacademy.com/content/full-forms/wifi-full-form/#:~:text=WIFI%20stands%20for%20Wireless%20Fidelity,and%20other%20types%20of%20wires.
As an aid in facilitating communication on the internet it's terrific. I've heard that in other ages people could communicate telepathically, but we don't seem to be able to communicate very well even conversationally face to face in person. Anyway, sarcasm aside, wi-fi and the internet are very valuable for the present condition of human society.
Of course like anything else, it is double edge sword. How it is used... For good or for evil. There have been some issues raised about the Wi-Fi technology itself emitting harmful energy. Usually we have to take the good with the bad in everything.
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The harmful side can be felt and I wonder if it is worth it. It is the reason why at night I unplug everything. It's not healthy to sleep among all those brain infecting waves and the phone is harmful as well (I switch it off).
The plus of the mobile wifi device is it is small and lasts for about 8 hours if the power is off and I can charge it with a powerbank (those things are extremely slow).
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Yes. But I am currently planning to buy one of my own.
I didn't even own a smartphone up until a couple of years ago and still despise the whole experience. Not necessarily because of any health concerns, or because I was being afraid of the technology, I'm just stubborn. Anyway, I'm perfectly aware of how crazy that sounds, but I don't see the advantage. I'd rather use a proper computer and generally have nothing going on that couldn't wait a few hours until I'm back home. Then there's the whole possibility of losing it, along with who knows what, and then it's not even a comfortable carry. It's just an additional layer of complexity I don't need.
An now I lost my train of thought. Give me a second... 1.. 2... Only started using wifi up until recently and dislike the idea of having my balls dangling out in the open, so to speak. I'm being a bit flowery, just saying. Same goes for bluetooth.
By the way. Even if you deactivate your wifi your ISP might still use your router as a hotspot for mobile users. At least if you're using their hardware and not your own fritzbox or such.
I wasn't the first with a smartphone either, neither were my children except the eldest for work. We never needed one to call. Since my laptop broke I use the phone but I rarely take it along if I go shopping. It's fine with me if it stays home.
If it comes to old-fashioned, no one with us pays with the phone and if possible we use cash. If we are not allowed to pay with cash we leave without the groceries or whatever we bought.
I pull all plugs out the sockets and that works fine. The only benefit might be it saves us costs for calling or mainly my son, the rest of us rarely calls. A text or email and sooner or later an answer will arrive (if 6 weeks later it's fine too or not considered important).
It feels to me no one cares about sharing all the info or being hacked. The fear of being hacked is just "bad" if it comes to Steemit?
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I don't understand it either.
Back when I was a teenager I was interning for some electrician. Must've been... about... twenty years ago? Either way, we got into an argument about mass surveillance, which then turned into a fight. He genuinely thought it wasn't a concern of his, because of that "I've got nothing to hide" sentiment. Fair enough, but to me that always felt cheap. Like low effort thinking, or fucking horseshit rather. Pardon my french.
Yes, I don't care about your porn addiction either, but maybe there's more to surveillance than the goverment . Even if there wasn't, the good old "I've got nothing to hide" still seems disingenuous. Hell, if you're so law abidingly transparent, why not invite me over later tonight? I'll just see myself in and watch you fornicate with your secretary. I'm sure you won't be doing anything I haven't seen before. Maybe I'll chime in with some unsolicited advice, standing in the corner of your bedroom holding a clipboard. You've got nothing to hide, right!? Come on...
I'm being gross, of course. I'm just saying. Then there's the whole advertising issue and you being gamed by weird tech bros, who are playing the Sims with your life. Quite literally. So in giving them your data you're allowing them power over you. To nudge, prime, and frame while trying to accomplish some weird form of Utopia. Or whatever they came up with while microdosing LSD. I think this all might be related to the idea of cybernetics? Feedback systems and such that are treating human beings like a flow chart. Meanwhile they themselves vocally claim data is the new oil. That's their attitude towards your life. You're just an oil well to them!
Then you've got stuff like the chinese government and the implementation of that social credit score. Things like that seem like the end of personal freedom, especially when that kind of power is wielded by totalitarian governments. Maybe it's really just about the greater good, unsure, but I highly doubt it's just about rewarding you for taking care of your grandma. It's about the control of information and your ability to tell truth, or to just speak your mind. Like the state of those Foxconn factories producing the iPhone mr. electrician guy uses to send his dickpics with. Meanwhile they might as well could span nets around their factories, because of the amount of workers throwing themselves off the roofs. But I'm a hypocrite too, because I still bought a chinese phone myself.
Now on top of that you've got these other raggamuffins trying to hack everybody constantly, or just blasting you with robocalls and scam mails. That alone is tempting me to toss my phone into the trash, but they basically turned into an unofficial ID card. Don't know what if I would do if I was having kids, especially girls. But then I guess you'd be socially austerizing them when shielding them. It's horrific.
Long story short: I think private spaces are immensely important. Even if it's just to be able to retreat from this kind of collective insanity, the peer pressure and the constant nonsense we're being bombarded with.
Sorry for the diatribe :-)
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