Smartphones are eavesdropping on you?

[sachinchavan 15865]

Naah this is reality and the key is in accepting it and find peace .

Yep. We can’t have the cake and eat it too. We need the smart gadgets, doorstep deliveries, single click payments, Spotify suggestions,… then we can’t avoid data sharing and unsolicited usage.

Life has become easier yet complex. We’ve become more informed, yet also more gullible. We earn more, yet save less. We have more choices, yet have less freedom. Embrace the irony!

From Homo habilis to Generation Alpha, this has happened with each stage of human development. It’s a direction that we’ve collectively chosen, a journey we’ve collectively made, Somehow it has also made us the strongest/most dominant species, Yes, we are still vulnerable, but not to the lion lurking behind the bush you are searching your next meal.

Awareness, Anxiety and Adaptability - these have been the constants in human history. They make us who we are today. They’d continue to make us who we’d become tomorrow, or in another million years.

 

[jsmithe]

Govt earned over Rs 100 crore by selling vehicle owner data to private firms

www.deccanherald.com

Now what do you do. You can't give a fake name, address and phone number here can you?

 

[Nitin K]

Govt earned over Rs 100 crore by selling vehicle owner data to private firms

www.deccanherald.com

Now what do you do. You can't give a fake name, address and phone number here can you?

Even Aadhar data was leaked earlier as per newspaper reports.

 

[jsmithe]

Even Aadhar data was leaked earlier as per newspaper reports.

True, along with Covid vaxx details. Those were leaks but the RTO data sale was intentional. The data sale is stopped for now, but it's a case of locking the barn after the horse has bolted. How long the lock stays in place is another matter though.

The point is that when data compiled by official agencies is sold then all other attempts to stay private are to no effect.

 

[Analogous]

Govt earned over Rs 100 crore by selling vehicle owner data to private firms

www.deccanherald.com

Now what do you do. You can't give a fake name, address and phone number here can you?

This is not a leak, but an open sale of public data.
Seemingly legitimised by declaring in parliament. (Similar to the scandalous electoral bonds scheme that the SC stuck down as illegal)
Governments are supposed to be our protectors…?

 

[Nitin K]

True, along with Covid vaxx details. Those were leaks but the RTO data sale was intentional.

The point is that when data compiled by official agencies is sold then all other attempts to stay private are to no effect.

They had absolutely no right to do that without the consent of the individuals.
If the official bodies don't take privacy laws seriously then what can one expect from private companies with the laws here so lax.

 

[keith_correa]

Make a donation to an NGO - notice how tons of other NGO's suddenly start calling you and harassing you to donate to their NGO's.
Deposit a large sum of money in the bank - notice how "investment advisors" start calling you with their "offerings".
I recently got a package from overseas - started getting calls (5 so far) from the "customs department" in New Delhi telling me that my package is held up due to me importing banned items and how I have to transfer a large sum of money to "clear" the package.
Our closest rival is Nigeria.

 

[Analogous]

Make a donation to an NGO - notice how tons of other NGO's suddenly start calling you and harassing you to donate to their NGO's.
Deposit a large sum of money in the bank - notice how "investment advisors" start calling you with their "offerings".
I recently got a package from overseas - started getting calls (5 so far) from the "customs department" in New Delhi telling me that my package is held up due to me importing banned items and how I have to transfer a large sum of money to "clear" the package.
Our closest rival is Nigeria.

I once told the nuisance caller that the owner of the phone had been murdered and the police wanted to talk to him. I never got a call from that bank again

But if a lot of people start doing this, it may stop being an effective deterrent.

“This is Pasighat police Thana “ is worth a try

 

[Kannan]

Make a donation to an NGO - notice how tons of other NGO's suddenly start calling you and harassing you to donate to their NGO's.
Deposit a large sum of money in the bank - notice how "investment advisors" start calling you with their "offerings".
I recently got a package from overseas - started getting calls (5 so far) from the "customs department" in New Delhi telling me that my package is held up due to me importing banned items and how I have to transfer a large sum of money to "clear" the package.
Our closest rival is Nigeria.

I called you thrice, once from Ghana, once from Congo and another time from Liberia masquerading as a geisha, but you kept talking some audiophile cables as exchange instead of money transfer. What a creep you are

 

[Analogous]

I called you thrice, once from Ghana, once from Congo and another time from Liberia masquerading as a geisha, but you kept talking some audiophile cables as exchange instead of money transfer. What a creep you are

Gold and silver cables, encrusted with shiny stones and designed to make you give up nefarious intentions in exchange for audio nirvana.

 

[jsmithe]

Governments are supposed to be our protectors…?

That's all an illusion. But we enjoy them ....

They had absolutely no right to do that without the consent of the individuals.
If the official bodies don't take privacy laws seriously then what can one expect from private companies with the laws here so lax.

There are a lot of exemptions and with plenty of vagueness in the verbiage of the various acts, anything can be considered to mean anything by a lawyer representing whomever. Owner consent goes out the window when it's the fence eating the crop.

 

[keith_correa]

I called you thrice, once from Ghana, once from Congo and another time from Liberia masquerading as a geisha, but you kept talking some audiophile cables as exchange instead of money transfer. What a creep you are

Oh, that was you??? I must say you looked pretty good in the pic you sent me as a geisha. The RCA cable around your neck as a DIY necklace was a nice touch! Audioquest?

 

[Analogous]

You are being tracked! How your personal information is being sold for just Rs 150-300 to telemarketing companies, BPOs, call centres - Times of India

India Business News: Misuse of data for scams continues to be a major issue. The sale of personal information for Rs 150-Rs 300 by informants to call centres and telemarke

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Two days after I posted on this topic I got this in my newsfeed!

 

[Analogous]

After seeing this news I am wondering if any Mobile device with lithium batteries can be remotely made to overheat and explode?https://thewire.in/world/lebanon-pager-explosions-thousands-injured

 

[arj]

After seeing this news I am wondering if any Mobile device with lithium batteries can be remotely made to overheat and explode?https://thewire.in/world/lebanon-pager-explosions-thousands-injured

Yes..and so can hifi equipment with Batteries

 

[Nitin K]

After seeing this news I am wondering if any Mobile device with lithium batteries can be remotely made to overheat and explode?https://thewire.in/world/lebanon-pager-explosions-thousands-injured

Surprising that pagers which were popular in the early 90's are still being used.

 

[arj]

Surprising that pagers which were popular in the early 90's are still being used.

specially ordered by the hezbollah since they thought cellphones were not secure !.. the irony.

In short, your communications device is not at risk for exploding unless it’s heavily tampered with and laced with explosives, experts who spoke to CNN said.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/17/business/pagers-cell-phones-batteries/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc

So unless your Dac/Amp is "Da Bomb" you are good...

 

[Analogous]

Explosives implanted into personal communication devices and triggered by radio signals…

Twenty killed by second wave of Lebanon device explosions

Walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah blow up a day after pager blasts killed 12 people.

www.bbc.com

 

[alpha1]

After seeing this news I am wondering if any Mobile device with lithium batteries can be remotely made to overheat and explode?https://thewire.in/world/lebanon-pager-explosions-thousands-injured

Only if your mobile device gets tampered and someone add high explosives to it.
On its own, the battery certainly could be made to overheat and burn (perhaps explosively).
But the news you mention (and the lethality) requires high explosives that burn faster than speed of sound.

 

[Analogous]

It seems every government needs to take actions to protect individufal rights to privacy. Expecting the IT industry to do this is unrealistic

LinkedIn has stopped grabbing UK users’ data for AI​

LinkedIn has stopped grabbing UK users' data for AI | TechCrunch

The U.K.'s data protection watchdog has confirmed that Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has stopped processing user data for AI model training for now. Stephen

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What is GDPR, the EU’s new data protection law? - GDPR.eu

What is the GDPR? Europe’s new data privacy and security law includes hundreds of pages’ worth of new requirements for organizations around the world. This GDPR overview will help...

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From the GDPR of EU

Data protection principles​

If you process data, you have to do so according to seven protection and accountability principles outlined in Article 5.1-2:

1. Lawfulness, fairness and transparency — Processing must be lawful, fair, and transparent to the data subject.
2. Purpose limitation — You must process data for the legitimate purposes specified explicitly to the data subject when you collected it.
3. Data minimization — You should collect and process only as much data as absolutely necessary for the purposes specified.
4. Accuracy — You must keep personal data accurate and up to date.
5. Storage limitation — You may only store personally identifying data for as long as necessary for the specified purpose.
6. Integrity and confidentiality — Processing must be done in such a way as to ensure appropriate security, integrity, and confidentiality (e.g. by using encryption).
7. Accountability — The data controller is responsible for being able to demonstrate GDPR compliance with all of these principles.