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You guys are right unfortunately. The data’s been there a while. Now AI can put it all together in an instant. Orwell wrote the classic 1984 in 1948. Spot-on on the authoritarian aspect. But he had no idea of the technology that would someday evolve. Well - they did have surveillance cameras everywhere. But the internet? Cell phones? GPS? Fleets of airborne drones?
The very reason that we only have a stupid-phone, and it's not even turned on unless we're actually using it, usually for a text message.
I love music when driving too much not to have my phone active. They long ago stopped putting CD players or cassette decks in new vehicles. But I keep the phone’s ringer off. Don’t like being wired 24/7. I suppose turning off GPS (location services) on the phone might negate being tracked. However, I keep an Apple “Air Tag” attached to my key fob to keep from losing it. So that’s also allows tracking. My life isn’t that complicated. But some have greater needs for privacy. It would seem a lot harder today to carry on an illicit “affair” than it was 25+ years ago. Not that I condone cheating. And think twice before pitching back a can of brew driving if you’re “on camera”. (I don’t condone that either.)
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Frankly, I detest the entire situation!