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In reply to the discussion: Jimmy Kimmel Proves: Apple’s Magic Is In The Brainwash [View all]MadHound
(34,179 posts)23. Umm, if you don't want to be tracked like an elk, your safest bet is
To either take the battery out of your phone or leave it at home. The mandated by law GPS chip in your phone continues to broadcast whether the phone is on or off.
Psst, another thing, law enforcement has also used cellphones to listen in on human to human conversations, even though the phone was supposedly "off".
Brave new world, eh.
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"I'll buy anything that's shiny and has an Apple logo on it". - from The Onion's "iWheel" clip.
HopeHoops
Sep 2012
#1
Naomi Klein's excellent book "No Logo" goes into this new type of branding quite well
arcane1
Sep 2012
#2
In other words, it is like, and responded to, like any other brand name product
MadHound
Sep 2012
#22
My desktop is a 9 yr old Dell. Never had a crash or virus. No problem to have to go to a store for.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2012
#69
I know. That's because not enuf people buy them to be worth it to put a virus in it.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2012
#72
In all honesty, the obsessiveness of "Apple haters" far outweighs that of Apple lovers.
Bonobo
Sep 2012
#44
Apple Announces New iPhone With N-Word On Back Knowing Customers Will Buy It Anyway
joeybee12
Sep 2012
#52
This has nothing to do with Apple. It has to do with the fact that people are morons.
onehandle
Sep 2012
#64