Increasingly, surveillance is being normalized and integrated in our lives. Under the guise of convenience, applications and features are sold to us as being the new better way to do things. While some might be useful, this convenience is a Trojan horse. The cost of it is the continuous degradation of our privacy rights, with all that that entails.
this is one reason i am mulling over selling my vehicle. too many license plate readers in my area. my recent insurance company also wanted me to install a beacon in the vehicle and allow their app to always allow access to my location, in exchange for a discounted rate. GTFOH. it was quite pleasing to smash that beacon with a hammer though.
I feel this. The surveillance creep is getting insane. If you’re looking to reduce dependency on monitored systems, portable power stations are a good investment for emergency backup or off-grid use - just check gearscouts.com to compare the best $/Wh value ones with LFP batteries. Helps maintain some independence when everything else wants to track you.