Dumbphone Sales Are Soaring As People Revolt Against “Overwhelming” Smartphones
By Tyler Durden In a time when various “developed world” intelligence agencies are filling up petabytes of hard disk space with domestic phone recordings and…
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Foxconn Halts iPhone Production At Factories In Shenzhen Due To Lockdown
By Tyler Durden Beijing’s decision to lock down 17.5 million people in China’s de facto ‘tech capital’ of Shenzhen is already creating serious problems for…
Canada Admits To Secretly Tracking 33 Million Phones During Covid-19 Lockdown
By Tyler Durden Canada – which has a population of 38 million – has admitted to secretly tracking 33 million phones during the Covid-19 lockown,…
Research on Kids’ Exposure to Screens and Smartphones Literally Doesn’t Paint a Pretty Picture
By B.N. Frank Research has determined that children’s use of smartphones and other screens as well as their exposure to blue light, cell phone and…
Your Next Smartphone Could Have an “Always-on” Snooping Camera
By Ruan Van Zijl Qualcomm Technologies recently announced their newest high-end smartphone processor, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. This processor has a very controversial feature…
Police Can’t Demand You Reveal Your Phone Passcode and Then Tell a Jury You Refused
By Andrew Crocker The Utah Supreme Court is the latest stop in EFF’s roving campaign to establish your Fifth Amendment right to refuse to provide…
Defense Ministry Tells Citizens to Not Buy and Throw Away All Smartphones Made in China
By B.N. Frank Concerns about devices and infrastructure manufactured by Chinese company, Huawei, have led to U.S. legislators taking significant and costly action (see 1,…
Journal of American Heart Association: New Study Warns Apple iPhone12 Presents Significant Health Risk
By B.N. Frank In 2016, The American Heart Association issued warnings about the potential for cell phones as well as other electronics to cause electromagnetic…
Millions Of Public Transit “Touch ‘N Go” Smartphone Users Can Be Tracked By Law Enforcement
By MassPrivateI As more and more people use their smartphones to pay for everyday items, public transit agencies are encouraging millions of Americans to use…
FREE Screening: Film Investigates Leukemia Cluster Near Apple Supplier Plant and Workers Poisoned While Making Smartphones
By B.N. Frank Apple has been taking a lot of criticism lately due to serious as well as life-threatening issues with some of their products. …
Doctors Demand Smartphone Ban for Kids, Help for Electro-Hypersensitive People, Radio-Free Residential Areas, and More (Germany)
By B.N. Frank Medical experts including the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have been warning FOR MANY YEARS about children’s use and exposure to screens,…
Kids and Smartphones: More Warnings about Impact on Sleep Quality, Social, Emotional, and Cognitive Development
By B.N. Frank Tech insiders (aka “Silicon Valley Parents”) have gone to great lengths to limit their own kids’ use and exposure to screens. This…
Will People Chip Their Brains to Ditch Their Smartphones When Neuralink “can be considered morally unethical”?
By B.N. Frank In case you missed it, last summer Elon Musk announced one of his companies had been putting computer chips in animals’ brains…
Consumer Reporter Says Customers Should Avoid 5G Phones for Up to 2 Years
By B.N. Frank Tests have determined that 5G service hasn’t been reliable or faster where it has already been installed (see 1, 2, 3, 4)…