he stepped down a while ago

except that the new subscription costs more, and has AI features. now the line did go up, and investors can be told that people want AI

these methods are available to anyone. if a person is bothered by the constant video surveillance of public spaces, they probably also care about other sources of data leaks, against which they can protect themselves.

there’s no need for defeatism.

neighbors, just visually seeing him with their eyes

sane neighbors won’t take notes if you, they won’t build a profile of you that can meaningfully be used for nefarious purposes.

mobile operator via their 5G/4G towers

5G, yes, but how accurate is 4G for that purpose? 4G transmitters are not placed as densely as 5G, and the frequency range it uses also makes it less suitable for that, as I know.

for that you can limit your phone to 4G, it may even save you power. and you always have the choice to put your phone to airplane mode. if you find it useful and you are a little determined, you could even automate it with tasker.

mobile OS via their positioning data

you can choose a mobile OS that doesn’t do that. for now…

• WiFi hotspots

• ISP via WiFi hotspots

you mean by your MAC address, when your phone is scanning? better android roms randomize that too, maybe some phones do that on stock OS too.

any app with geolocation tracking and any of their commercial partners purchasing that information

you can win a lot by not installing any app a shop wants you to have. they are taking advantage of the gullibility of the average person. lots of those bait apps are just a website anyway, and if you use them in a browser, they have access ro much fewer things.

but you are talking about apps with location tracking. which ones you mean? I only allow that permission for apps that I trust. on modern android, you can can give only approximate location, which is somewhat better.

connected devices via BT scanning potentially sending back data to their manufacturer, assuming most are connected

I don’t get this one. your devices, or those of others? BLE 5 has MAC address randomization

governments with abilities to get information from ISP, mobile operators, mobile OS maintainers

the government can barge in my door. does that mean I shouldn’t keep data brokers out of my life? to me it doesn’t. I think we already tackled network operators and OS maintainers too.

So… the question IMHO is : is there are NEW data with or without the camera network? I’d argue marginally more.

yes, there is, I think

Your neighbors might know you are around, their doorbell cameras might have footage of you doing so… and what?

its not about the neighbors knowing this or that, but the cloud processing systems of these devices.

you are supposed to be able to have multiple, 1 or 2 of which can be active, and switch between them whenever you want.

but afaik that’s only possible on rooted phones with openeuicc or another app like it, because by default only google’s own app is allowed to handle esim configuration, and that has limitations in what it allows.

username checks out!

how did you get them?