Smartphones are considered by many to be a greater privacy risk than desktop computers due to their constant physical presence, extensive built-in sensors, aggressive app-based tracking, and a more restricted software ecosystem. While both devices face cybersecurity threats, the nature of smartphones makes them a uniquely powerful data collection and tracking tool.
Ubiquitous data collection
Constant sensors. Your smartphone is a bundle of sensors that tracks your location, motion, and environment. Apps can access GPS, Wi-Fi networks, Bluetooth, accelerometers, and microphones, often creating a detailed map of your movements and habits. A desktop PC, by contrast, is a stationary device with far fewer ambient data-gathering features.
Always-on nature. Unlike a PC that is shut down or left in a static location, a smartphone is on and with you almost all the time. This creates a continuous stream of data for apps and advertisers, even when you aren't actively using them.
Unique identifier. Smartphones are inherently associated with a phone number and a cellular subscriber account. This creates a direct link to your real identity that is not present on a desktop PC, making it easier for apps and data brokers to identify and track you.

Is it even possible to live without a shartphone?

I keep hearing about more things requiring apps but I don't want one. All I need is calling. I'm guessing it'll be truly impossible soon because zoomers and alpha are born with one in their hand.

I can't believe how many cattle use ring, biometrics, apps, digital wallets, etc.

Fuck normies for killing privacy and using shartphones for everything

Why does no one care about the severe lack of privacy we have now

How do we get normies stop using smartphones