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)…
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Study Says Smartphones Share Our Data Every 4 ½ Minutes Even When Devices Are Idle
By B.N. Frank There have been many reports about privacy risks and violations associated with smartphones (see 1, 2, 3) and other “Smart”, wireless, Artificial…
Drivers To Be Given Real-Time “Risk Scores” Using Embedded Telematic Surveillance Sensors
By MassPrivateI Gone are the days when insurance companies used race, sex and a person’s age to determine their auto insurance premiums. A new whitepaper…
Apple’s Billions of Devices Described as “Colossal E-Waste “Timebomb” — iPhone12 Affecting Pacemakers Also Making Headlines
By B.N. Frank Materials needed to make digital, electronic, and wireless devices and infrastructure are often referred to as “Conflict Minerals” because of their devastating…
China Joins Other Countries Banning Smartphones in Schools and For Doing Homework
By B.N. Frank Steps are being taken worldwide to reduce children’s use and exposure to smartphones due concerns about screen addiction as well as exposure…
Study: Smartphone “Technoferences” Are Reducing Productivity, Energy Levels, Ability to Sleep, Causing More Aches and Pains
By B.N. Frank Exposure to blue light from smartphones as well as other devices and products (including light bulbs) has been determined to be harmful…
CDC Asks COVID Vaccine Recipients to Download Their Smartphone App
By B.N. Frank All wireless technology – including smartphones – emits harmful radiation that affects people, plants, and animals (see 1, 2, 3). Vulnerable populations…
Another Study Says Kids’ Vision At Risk from Smartphone Use
By B.N. Frank Research had already indicated that Blue Light exposure from various sources – including smartphones – is harmful (see 1, 2). In fact,…
A New Technology Will Dangerously Expand Government Spying on Citizens
By Jack Rasmus If you’re worried about the capability of government to conduct surveillance of citizens engaged in political assembly and protest, or even just…
IRS Investigated For Warrantless Location Tracking Of Americans
By Tyler Durden Following Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren’s request for the Treasury Department watchdog to investigate the IRS’ use of smartphone location data to…
Research: Smartphone Blue Light Linked to Colon Cancer and Depression. Ditto with Smartphone RF Radiation
By B.N. Frank There IS research that has already determined that exposure from cell phones and other sources of wireless (WiFi) radiation is harmful. It…
Apple And Google Now Modifying Phones To Include Full Contact Tracing
Apple and Google power almost every smartphone on earth and now they have jointly agreed to build a full contact tracing app into their core…
NSA Warns Location Tracking Settings on Mobile Devices Are Difficult If Not Impossible to Turn Off
By B.N. Frank There seems to be no shortage of expert warnings that smartphones and other wireless or “smart” devices offer infinite possibilities for surveillance…
Got Galaxy? Samsung Fixing Galaxy Flaws That Allows Spying, Data Wiping
By B.N. Frank Are smartphones and other “smart” devices more trouble than they’re worth? In addition to the recent discovery that government tracking software was…