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For "normie" protestors who doesn't have the budget to get new gadgets, is Airplane Mode enough? (So to just use their phone as a Camera/Camcorder and Offline Maps for navigation) (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 days ago by throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/40154928

I doubt its even environmentally/economically sustainable for a whole crowd of millions to just buy burners to discard after every protest. Too much ewaste. Is there a strategy that everyone can use without generating too much ewaste?

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[–] mathemachristian@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Gaps in data is data too. Phones stay home.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You are right, but also data isn't necessarily evidence.

[–] mathemachristian@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

But still useful to build a profile, limits alibis etc.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Who needs evidence, when you can just skip the whole justice system and jump straight to sending people to the torture camps.