My wife and I have used cellphones only recently. We still have a
landline phone, which has been integrated into the National Broadband Network, and now used VOIP. Every time we lose our internet
connection Which happens several times a day,) we don't have a phone.
Many people no longer have any number except a mobile number.
I bought 3 cellphones at different times, for my wife to use. She
hasn't used any of them (or her hearing aids). I decided that I
needed one for myself as during COVID every business had a QR code
that we needed to scan. In my Retirement Village, there were 3
different codes in the administration area. Even the commuter buses
had a code of that kind.
My phone is a Samsung, using a Google account. May 21 was polling
day for our Federal Election. I drove there, and parked my car in a
side street. When I got back to my car, I discovered that making a
U-turn was impossible. The road took me all over Bendigo, eventually
getting home from the opposite point of the compass. Google knew all
about it. They have now written to tell me that on that day I used
the car the most.
I take the view that this kind of tracking is unavoidable, my phone
has a "secure folder" for such.
They have now written to tell me that on that day I used the car the most.
I take the view that this kind of tracking is unavoidable, my phone has
a "secure folder" for such.
Doug.
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