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I would not be surprised if this social credit system is tied in with your cell phone. Its how they can track you and monitor you. We may need to seriously consider going Luddite and dropping cell phones to retain our autonomy.

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Hmm, now I wonder what was it that the late John McAfee had developed shortly before he died in mysterious circumstances? Oh yes, I know, it was a completely anonymous SIM card!

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With iOS 15 It can even find your phone when itтАЩs off. https://www.theverge.com/22697218/iphone-apple-ios-15-find-my-how-to

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my neighbor told me that yesterday. they were out of town, her phone was off, they went to a store, and when they came back home they had an advertisement on it from the store they visited

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Maybe the best is not to take the phone with you anywhere

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Indeed, one of the Cats told me that a while ago. I leave mine home as long as I don't really need it.

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Same here!

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Another reason to use your tin foil.

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Oh wow. There literally is no way to hide!

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IтАЩm definitely getting a dumb phone soon as my contract is upтАж maybe even sooner

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What about those without cell phones? They can't force people to own cellphones. I don't think it will work

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@winni - True but 99.99% of the people out there have some kind of phone. If anything, we just go back to the flip phones as seen in Breaking Bad. The flip phones are 'safer' in that the govt will not know what you are doing but they certainly can track where you are going.

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