Message-ID: <tq40td$vah$1@usenet.csail.mit.edu>
Date: 16 Jan 2023 17:18:37 -0000
From: "Garrett Wollman" <wollman@bimajority.org>
Subject: Re: Panasonic call blocker
In article <20230114230515.GA1280341@telecomdigest.us>,
Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> wrote:
> Those lessons are still being taught, although by different
> means: I doubt there is anyone under 40 years old who could stand the
> thought of letting the electronic leash in their pocket buzz more
> than three times before they strike a pose and push "answer," just
> like all the actors on TV shows taught them to.
You must be joking.
If someone is so rude as to make an unscheduled voice call, they go
direct to voicemail. If it was important they would have sent a text.
-GAWollman
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Message-ID: <20230117013514.GA1295278@telecomdigest.us>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 01:35:14 +0000
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Panasonic call blocker
On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 05:18:37PM -0000, Garrett Wollman wrote:
> In article <20230114230515.GA1280341@telecomdigest.us>,
> Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Those lessons are still being taught, although by different
>> means: I doubt there is anyone under 40 years old who could stand the
>> thought of letting the electronic leash in their pocket buzz more
>> than three times before they strike a pose and push "answer," just
>> like all the actors on TV shows taught them to.
>
> You must be joking.
>
> If someone is so rude as to make an unscheduled voice call, they go
> direct to voicemail. If it was important they would have sent a
> text.
It's possible you're observing a cultural shift that I haven't been
exposed to. I know that my son, who is 32, ignores voice mails and
didn't even set up a mailbox until he'd had his cellphone for over a
year. However, I have always been surprised by how quickly both he and
his friends check ANY signal from their cellphones, so I think my
point is valid, at least for the millennial generation.
Bill Horne
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Message-ID: <E849B30E-C631-45C9-A5A0-F456BE6D92E6@roscom.com>
Date: 4 Jan 2023 19:02:33 -0500
From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: Apple Fined $8.5 Million for Illegally Collecting iPhone
Owners' Data for Ads
The company harvested iPhone owners’ data for targeted ads without
proper consent, a French regulator ruled. It's a rare privacy misstep
for Tim Cook.
By Thomas Germain
Your iPhone protects your privacy—from everyone except Apple, apparently.
France’s data protection authority, CNIL, fined Apple €8 million
(about $8.5 million) Wednesday for illegally harvesting iPhone owners’
data for targeted ads without proper consent.
It’s an unusual sanction for the iPhone maker, which has faced fewer
legal penalties over privacy than its Big Tech competitors. Apple
makes privacy a selling point for its devices, plastering “Privacy.
That’s iPhone.” across 40-foot billboards across the world. The French
fine, though, is the latest addition to a growing body of evidence
that Apple may not be the privacy guardian angel it makes itself out
to be.
https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-france-ads-fine-illegal-data-1849950163
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