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Let's just ignore it.

WiFi is like talk radio or cable TV. It has an off switch for a reason. Wise up and quit worrying. There's a whole lot more important stuff to fear. (November 6th or December 21st)

NinthCrusade4igo, on 24 May 2012 - 08:39 AM, said:

Also, a practical benefit is that turning off the wifi radio saves battery since it is not constantly searching for access points.

NinthCrusade4igo, on 24 May 2012 - 08:39 AM, said:

You're half right... "December 21" has been moved back. It was in the news a few weeks ago.

This post has been edited by artzy65: 27 May 2012 - 09:30 AM

creepy! 'nough said.....

But they track your phone's signals to the towers, too. So turning off Wifi/Bluetooth/etc. still doesn't prevent them from following your signal around, step by step in a store, and identifying you when you check out with a credit card. They can track you to the inch indoors this way, and you'll stand right there at the checkout for several minutes before swiping your plastic... even ONCE. From then on, they can associate your particular cell phone's signature with that identity, even without cooperation from the wireless carriers.

So, if you don't like being watched and tracked, turn it completely off, and only power it up to check messages and make calls.

Not that computer vision behind the ubiquitous security cameras won't be able to make 'big brother' real, in a few more years.

No human has to be involved at all. But if someone gets 'interested' in you, they just query the database. Here's everything you've done, everywhere, for the last several years. Like having a private investigator with a time machine.

The benefits of laws like CISPA, with corporations and government 'sharing' what they learn about you.
http://en.wikipedia...._Protection_Act

Basically, loop the first couple of verses of this little tune.

I am completely at a loss why anyone with a smartphone would mind the location of that phone â€Â" an anonymous device â€Â" being tracked by anyone at all? Who cares? My identity is not associated with the tracking data. It is merely one of innumerable anonymous blips on some radar screen. "Privacy" presumes personalization â€Â" that is, it must involve your identity. These systems do not invade privacy at all because there is no identity associated with the data points being developed.