If Android is a surveillance tool for Google, and governments, why do BlackBerry users want it?
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But you are correct that your ex-girlfriends' language proclivities are irrelevant.
Posted via CB1005-11-16 10:09 PMLike 0 - Communists kill opposition in utero, before they can mount a credible challenge. To accomplish this, they must surveil. This is why communist dictatorships are paranoid. The reason you don't see official killing (as opposed to massive anti-White, inter-racial crime in the West, a kind of proxy war) is because they uproot the plant before the flower has a chance to bloom.
But you are correct that your ex-girlfriends' language proclivities are irrelevant.
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Another thing is that the communist rule is simply too powerful and too stable to take any civil opposition seriously, The US hated communism to their bones, but what could they do? Look at the believers of Falungong, they burnt themselves to death and hardly made any differences.
Also we do see crimes and official killing, we all know it happens, but any discussion online will be deleted, if lucky some would be left.05-11-16 10:29 PMLike 0 -
- This statement of yours is partially correct, the truth is once you have control of the mass media, there is rarely any sense in launching a surveillance and spying program over a population of 1.5 billion people. As I said before, censorship is definitely more efficient. If they can't hear and see what's happening, then they won't react.
Another thing is that the communist rule is simply too powerful and too stable to take any civil opposition seriously, The US hated communism to their bones, but what could they do? Look at the believers of Falungong, they burnt themselves to death and hardly made any differences.
Also we do see crimes and official killing, we all know it happens, but any discussion online will be deleted, if lucky some would be left.
You do not need high tech for surveillance, although that makes it even more efficient (and therein lies the danger today with IoT and cellphones). In the movie, they used some technology (advanced at the time) colleagues, co-workers, acquaintances, friends, and family to report on each other.
When surveillance is pervasive, and everyone in society is aware of it, people change their behaviour, they are scared, they can be easily bullied and blackmailed, they start to censor themselves, they act and think differently, and are less creative than in a free society.Last edited by sorinv; 05-12-16 at 07:40 AM.
05-11-16 11:17 PMLike 0 - Every mobile phone currently in use, regardless of carrier or platform, is potentially a surveillance device for the government (or the carrier). So, why would anyone carry a cellphone? And the power company monitors your power usage and will report you to the government if you use a lot. Same with your water or garbage service.
Maybe we should all live in a cabin in the woods, using wood for heat, a stream for water, and a trench in the ground as a toilet. Then we'd be safe from government attention.
Oh, damn! I forgot about the tax man (property taxes)! And the DRONES! OMG, the DRONES! There's no escape!!!
Or...
You could realize that to live a modern lifestyle, with terrific tools like modern smartphones to help you work and be productive in all kinds of ways, you need to be using a platform that is widely supported. That means iOS or Android, or maybe WinPhone - which means you're dealing with Apple, Google (Alphabet), or Microsoft - all of whom are giant corporations who, out of necessity, have to work with the government on certain issues, and all of whom openly admit to keeping and using your data (oh, and so does BlackBerry, as they also openly admit in their Terms Of Service). BB has also been working closely with Google - and Samsung - for the last couple of years. So, if you want to use a smartphone, there is "no escape."
Except, of course, that with all of these services, there are tools available to limit the data you give to those companies. Of course, the more you limit, the more reduced your functionality is, but that allows everyone to balance their own functionality-to-paranoia equation.
There's a reason why our electricity water and taxes are monitored and in no way fall into the same category as smartphone usage.
Posted via CB1005-12-16 12:57 AMLike 0 - Young man you can't leave the table until you finish your Android and no dropping it on the floor for the dog either.05-14-16 11:10 PMLike 3
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- Have you used a "low end" Android device lately? Price is not always an indicator of true value. That is why Android is succeeding. People don't need to spend $700 to have a very capable device.05-15-16 10:17 AMLike 0
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I have a Moto G 2014. It's laggy and certainly not the best quality hardware, but yes, it is very capable. I could use it as my daily driver if I had to. But I bought it because it was cheap, not because it was the best option available.
Posted from my Z10 via CB1005-15-16 10:48 AMLike 0 - I never said it wasn't capable crap.
I have a Moto G 2014. It's laggy and certainly not the best quality hardware, but yes, it is very capable. I could use it as my daily driver if I had to. But I bought it because it was cheap, not because it was the best option available.
Posted from my Z10 via CB1005-15-16 10:54 AMLike 0 -
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It is my opinion that low-end Android phones being sold in emerging markets are indeed crap. But they're cheap, so people buy them. And that's how Android has been able to dominate.
Posted from my Z10 via CB1005-15-16 11:06 AMLike 0 - As do I. But I won't shy away from expressing my opinions, either.
It is my opinion that low-end Android phones being sold in emerging markets are indeed crap. But they're cheap, so people buy them. And that's how Android has been able to dominate.
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Have a great day.05-15-16 11:09 AMLike 0 - Sure, if they would have had BB10 about 6 years ago with an App Store then yeah, it might have done better.05-15-16 07:16 PMLike 0
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BlackBerry BB10 forever05-16-16 11:45 AMLike 0
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