“For the average citizen, the cell phone now serves the purpose of both tracker and wireless data collection devices, as well as the less important function of the phone,” Azano wrote in his personal blog. “It is the perfect tool for a society that has come to depend more and more on surveillance, whether we like it or not. The government, it should be noted, did not hand out smartphones to American citizens and demand they keep detailed logs of their every move. Americans did that to themselves. People were excited about doing it, constantly seeking new ways to advertise where they were, what
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