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abc123abc123yesterday at 8:43 PM2 repliesview on HN

This is the way! I do not have a smartphone. I print maps, use email, print boarding cards, do my banking and shopping with a web browser, pay with cash or a debit card.

I think people have been brain washed to believe they can no longer live life without being enslaved by a surveillance device.

Lost? Ask for directions. Need a map? Go to a hotel or a tourist center, or print one in advance.


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nyanmatttoday at 5:12 AM

Walking into a hotel lobby to get a map printed seems like a much greater surveillance risk than looking up directions on my phone. The cameras, the printer, the hotel staff, the other hotel guests; they’re all third party to your private information. Is that really any better than Apple or Google telemetry?

aembletonyesterday at 9:00 PM

When you go on holiday, do you have to find an Internet café to print off your boarding pass for the flight home? Or do you select destinations covered by airlines that allow you to get a boarding pass more than 48 hours in advance?

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