• This is a great question and the first thought which comes to my mind is lobbyist. Show me the incentive and I’ll show you the outcome type of vibe with this information. Linux and Graphene demonstrating to be even more valuable now, hopefully a Graphene OS device can circumvent this atrocity, right?

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      Sure, an individual can prevent their own devices collecting data about them, but the paper is about all the devices surrounding a person in other people’s pockets/homes/workplaces: collecting data on – recordingthat individual.

      • Of course, yet if a device is running a security and privacy centered relatively uncommon operating system (Graphene) I’m hoping this would allow it to slip through the cracks most likely focused on collecting data from androids and iphones. Guess after typing it out its more clear how much of a stretch it is to hope this is the case but I still have some hope…