[kwlug-disc] FAANG-free walk

[Doug Moen]

> Do you turn off your cell (screen/flip) phone when you walk around? :)

Yes. I keep it in airplane mode almost all of the time. No cell radio, bluetooth or GPS, but I do use wifi. If I want to do a web search or check my email, and I'm out of wifi range, I will briefly turn on the cell radio. These things are long established habits, so they don't seem like a burden or require a lot of thought. Airplane mode also saves me from spam phone calls and those national security alert things where the phone makes a loud noise design to provoke maximum anxiety until you acknowledge that a child has gone missing in Thunder Bay or that you should consider washing your hands. I'm done with that.

There's more I could be doing. I could install a more secure and private Android distro (one that is fully degooglized). That's on my TODO list. I could power off my phone and store it in the fridge (faraday cage) when I'm not using it, as recommended by Edward Snowden, but I'm too lazy and/or internet-addicted to do that.

On Sun, Apr 19, 2020, at 1:38 PM, Mikalai Birukou via kwlug-disc wrote:
> 
>> Funny, your comments about "cash", my experience in the Current Times with cash;
>> - Food Basics takes cash, at least the one on Laurelwood Dr. in Waterloo
>> - B&T Grocers(Viet/Thai joint) in the heart of Kitchener takes cash(prefers actually)
>> - LCBO whines and I have to pull the "cash is legal tender and it is illegal to deny me the transaction" Staff and I are gloved. They capitulate
>> - Zehrs whines and I have to pull the "cash is legal tender and it is illegal to deny me the transaction" Staff and I are gloved. They capitulate
>> - Gas stations don't care much, at least, no one has hassled me when I do cash payments
>> - Stemmlers in Heidelberg is cool with cash(gloved), and the 3 farmer folks that I frequent are more than good with cash, no gloves required(!)
>> 
>> Life is so simple now, food, liquour and gasolene, the essentials:-)
> Do you turn off your cell (screen/flip) phone when you walk around? :)
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