It’s been here for a while, smart phones were basically the nail in the coffin. Switching to GNU/Linux is not enough, there are proprietary backdoors in your BIOS firmware. Nearly everything we buy is bugged by default. Laws need to be in place and the education system needs to be required to teach about libre software. If we don’t do this, all hope is lost for privacy in the future.
None of this matters in a ubiquitous surveillance state, which is either here now or a couple years off.
It’s been here for a while, smart phones were basically the nail in the coffin. Switching to GNU/Linux is not enough, there are proprietary backdoors in your BIOS firmware. Nearly everything we buy is bugged by default. Laws need to be in place and the education system needs to be required to teach about libre software. If we don’t do this, all hope is lost for privacy in the future.
Nobody is making you carry a phone I bet, it’s a choice. People can still do stuff offline and in private when needed.