Can you survive without a cell phone??

[tatwo]

On 5/24/2025 at 10:40 AM, CaptWalker said:

Because i am definitely NOT at all one of those "off grid" type of people and easily get very bored just sitting around twiddling my thumbs, and it seems to me that playing aound with a cell phone cannot be that much worse, so then what is really the big deal as far as a cell phone being that much of a distraction as long as you are a responsible and sensible minded person??

Is this a veiled admission of guilt “CaptWalker?” just kidding...let me share some things I have learned about Smartphone’s in general.

To begin with we should all be fully aware of the fact that “data collection” is the biggest business going today and has been for a number of years. Have you ever heard the saying...”data is the new gold and energy is the new oil”...just familiarize yourself with what is called “data capitalism” it’s been around for years.

Basically all data from every device is what is now being collected. Smart phones are the centerpiece for personal data collection...why is the data collected? There are many reasons that user’s personal and private data is collected...all of it. Additionally it is “bought and sold” over and over to different entities...hence...“data is the new gold?”

It’s a given that most smartphone users data...is collected, bundled and sold for innumerable purposes. It’s a multi-billion dollar business...maybe trillions by now if you include the advent of the latest Artificial Intelligence.

For example...look into things like the “Digital Twin Earth” [Europe] and the “Sentient World Simulation” [Purdue University]...there is so much to all of this...allow me to oversimplify it for brevity. Ideologically...they take all the data they can get on creation...earth, space, and humanity put it all into powerful computers...perhaps “quantum computers” by now...and simulate the world we live in...digitally...and they have been doing it for years.

The Sentient World Simulation (SWS) is a complex computer model that aims to create a synthetic mirror of the real world. It continuously updates and adapts to reflect real-world events, trends, and behaviors. The SWS is designed to capture a comprehensive view of “Whole of Government” operations, including the interplay between military operations and the social, political, and economic landscapes. Sentient...suggesting a sense of perception...like a consciousness...yeh.

Though they do not widely advertise it...this does include human beings. SWS thinks of you as a “digital avatar” who exists in this digital world simulation and your avatar is a compiled volume of all the data they have collected from you and your life...whatever that may be. In this “you are existent” as your “digital self”...it’s “your” avatar. Just add a little imagination and you might understand that via your smart phone data collection...over the years...that your avatar might be a more informed version of you...than you are?  

Here is a snapshot of my years of research in this matter which I have taught my family regarding smart phones and data collection. This is easily verifiable if you venture off the mainstream propaganda system. If MSM is where you get your “facts & knowledge” nothing I say will make any sense.

Avatar profile – data collection – devices – tracking – monitoring – directing

Collecting data, easily done because everything is connected and runs through routers and servers. Data centers are unbelievably huge in many cases...and there is currently billions of dollars going into data centers and the energy to power them. Hence “energy is the new oil”

Well...the data is collected on you and becomes your profile of sorts. Your data is then fed into AI which goes through the collective profile with a fine tooth comb to extract all the information about you that they possibly can. In general they are looking for anomalies and regularities and anything that makes you more “known”...at your character and nature level...in an attempt to gain a deeper understanding of who you are at a personal level.

This then produces an accumulation of behavioral knowledge of you, your life and your relationships...day by day, week by week, month by month, year by year. This is throughout you’re lived and digitally recorded life. Just think of the picture of you...that this compiled avatar may reveal? As you might imagine...things can get morally questionable with where this can go.

For example...AI can continuously, increasingly and accurately predict decisions and future behaviors by parsing through all your live stream and collected data...which is continually updated as your days go by and your new smart phone data is added to the avatar.

Additionally...there has been huge growth in “sensor enabled” technology that is being built into these smart phones. I have compiled a list of 30 sensors that can be integrated into a smart phone...those that I consider primary are...Heart rate monitor, Fingerprint sensors, Iris Scanner, Pulse oxymeter, GPS...some of which can be helpful no doubt. However it is still data collection about you via your smart phone...

Then there are things like the microphone, Camera/Image sensor which can be on a continuous “stand by” mode so that they may operate on their own...listening, watching and recording, providing more data about you to be captured used and sold over and over.

Finally...I am showing you a “data collection system” that tracks behavior and is now capable of offering direction towards a desired result. In other words...AI can know so much about you that it can predict your thoughts, words, emotions and actions with a surprising degree of accuracy. And what’s more troubling...AI is using smart phone technology to “suggest and direct” user’s behavior.

There is just so much to all of this that cannot be mentioned in a post. But the reader should be aware of this...all of the “user data” created by a smart phone and other connected devices...they are data collection devices...among other convenient things. This data is captured by various companies and sold to other companies...there is huge profit in this game.

However...those who produce the data...you and millions of others like you...will probably never see any of the money changing hands in regards to the capture and use of your personal and private data. Depending on how you use your “smart device”...significant portions of your life is being recorded, monitored, organized, manipulated and sold and really there is nothing you can do about it.

As I said earlier...they are now beginning to direct people’s thoughts in an attempt to control them via these same devices.

The idea of large media corporations profiting on humans living out their day to day lives digitally...while the human's that are providing the data sees no compensation...is something akin to being a slave isn't it?

Tatwo...:)

[Debp]

10 hours ago, kwikphilly said:

Do you like using a tablet for WCF? My computer has been broken for months & using the phone is driving me nuts

Yes, I love my tablet.   It's an eleven inch one....Android.

Tablets are very reasonable, especially on Amazon.    I think mine was $199 but I've seen tablets for even under $100 recently.

[kwikphilly]

On 5/29/2025 at 11:39 AM, Debp said:

Yes, I love my tablet.   It's an eleven inch one....Android.

Tablets are very reasonable, especially on Amazon.    I think mine was $199 but I've seen tablets for even under $100 recently.

That's wonderful,I'm so excited to get the tablet - if you saw I was being facetious earlier & said " unless someone gives me a FREE..."and Glory to God of course I also said that if indeed I was in need our Lord Would Provide...thinking since I have a smart phone that's enough to keep me on WCF etc

Sorry but I MUST Testify RIGHT NOW about the Goodness of God!No,It's not a necessity I get another computer or a tablet but sure would be easier to see & to type- wouldn't it? In the next moment,Brother Alive posted" you can have my tablet"

God not only supplies all of our needs but also Gives us good Gifts,simply because He Loves us- we serve the most Wonderful Father that ever was ,IS and will Always Be!!!

Within the Body of Christ we are ONE in Him and He in us-there is no lack in His Body,we are one for the other and Praise Jesus for this Life More Abundant -

 

Thank You Abba for yet another day and Your BOUNTIFUL BLESSINGS- especially the Blessing of our Brothers and Sisters

With love in Christ,Kwik

It's almost my birthday (June) -Im tickled,can't wait to get my new tablet!

Join me in a great big Halleluyah!

Grateful!

[Debp]

3 minutes ago, kwikphilly said:

That's wonderful,I'm so excited to get the tablet - if you saw I was being facetious earlier & said " unless someone gives me a FREE..."and Glory to God of course I also said that if indeed I was in need our Lord Would Provide...thinking since I have a smart phone that's enough to keep me on WCF etc

Sorry but I MUST Testify RIGHT NOW about the Goodness of God!No,It's not a necessity I get another computer or a tablet but sure would be easier to see & to type- wouldn't it? In the next moment,Brother Alive posted" you can have my tablet"

God not only supplies all of our needs but also Gives us good Gifts,simply because He Loves us- we serve the most Wonderful Father that ever was ,IS and will Always Be!!!

Within the Body of Christ we are ONE in Him and He in us-there is no lack in His Body,we are one for the other and Praise Jesus for this Life More Abundant -

 

Thank You Abba for yet another day and Your BOUNTIFUL BLESSINGS- especially the Blessing of our Brothers and Sisters

With love in Christ,Kwik

It's almost my birthday (June) -Im tickled,can't wait to get my new tablet!

Join me in a great big Halleluyah!

Grateful!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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If I didn't have my tablet I wouldn't be here until I got a new one.    I cannot use those little keys on the cellphone.

I don't even have texting.   I save $5 a month that way.

[kwikphilly]

6 hours ago, tatwo said:

Is this a veiled admission of guilt “CaptWalker?” just kidding...let me share some things I have learned about Smartphone’s in general.

To begin with we should all be fully aware of the fact that “data collection” is the biggest business going today and has been for a number of years. Have you ever heard the saying...”data is the new gold and energy is the new oil”...just familiarize yourself with what is called “data capitalism” it’s been around for years.

Basically all data from every device is what is now being collected. Smart phones are the centerpiece for personal data collection...why is the data collected? There are many reasons that user’s personal and private data is collected...all of it. Additionally it is “bought and sold” over and over to different entities...hence...“data is the new gold?”

It’s a given that most smartphone users data...is collected, bundled and sold for innumerable purposes. It’s a multi-billion dollar business...maybe trillions by now if you include the advent of the latest Artificial Intelligence.

For example...look into things like the “Digital Twin Earth” [Europe] and the “Sentient World Simulation” [Purdue University]...there is so much to all of this...allow me to oversimplify it for brevity. Ideologically...they take all the data they can get on creation...earth, space, and humanity put it all into powerful computers...perhaps “quantum computers” by now...and simulate the world we live in...digitally...and they have been doing it for years.

The Sentient World Simulation (SWS) is a complex computer model that aims to create a synthetic mirror of the real world. It continuously updates and adapts to reflect real-world events, trends, and behaviors. The SWS is designed to capture a comprehensive view of “Whole of Government” operations, including the interplay between military operations and the social, political, and economic landscapes. Sentient...suggesting a sense of perception...like a consciousness...yeh.

Though they do not widely advertise it...this does include human beings. SWS thinks of you as a “digital avatar” who exists in this digital world simulation and your avatar is a compiled volume of all the data they have collected from you and your life...whatever that may be. In this “you are existent” as your “digital self”...it’s “your” avatar. Just add a little imagination and you might understand that via your smart phone data collection...over the years...that your avatar might be a more informed version of you...than you are?  

Here is a snapshot of my years of research in this matter which I have taught my family regarding smart phones and data collection. This is easily verifiable if you venture off the mainstream propaganda system. If MSM is where you get your “facts & knowledge” nothing I say will make any sense.

Avatar profile – data collection – devices – tracking – monitoring – directing

Collecting data, easily done because everything is connected and runs through routers and servers. Data centers are unbelievably huge in many cases...and there is currently billions of dollars going into data centers and the energy to power them. Hence “energy is the new oil”

Well...the data is collected on you and becomes your profile of sorts. Your data is then fed into AI which goes through the collective profile with a fine tooth comb to extract all the information about you that they possibly can. In general they are looking for anomalies and regularities and anything that makes you more “known”...at your character and nature level...in an attempt to gain a deeper understanding of who you are at a personal level.

This then produces an accumulation of behavioral knowledge of you, your life and your relationships...day by day, week by week, month by month, year by year. This is throughout you’re lived and digitally recorded life. Just think of the picture of you...that this compiled avatar may reveal? As you might imagine...things can get morally questionable with where this can go.

For example...AI can continuously, increasingly and accurately predict decisions and future behaviors by parsing through all your live stream and collected data...which is continually updated as your days go by and your new smart phone data is added to the avatar.

Additionally...there has been huge growth in “sensor enabled” technology that is being built into these smart phones. I have compiled a list of 30 sensors that can be integrated into a smart phone...those that I consider primary are...Heart rate monitor, Fingerprint sensors, Iris Scanner, Pulse oxymeter, GPS...some of which can be helpful no doubt. However it is still data collection about you via your smart phone...

Then there are things like the microphone, Camera/Image sensor which can be on a continuous “stand by” mode so that they may operate on their own...listening, watching and recording, providing more data about you to be captured used and sold over and over.

Finally...I am showing you a “data collection system” that tracks behavior and is now capable of offering direction towards a desired result. In other words...AI can know so much about you that it can predict your thoughts, words, emotions and actions with a surprising degree of accuracy. And what’s more troubling...AI is using smart phone technology to “suggest and direct” user’s behavior.

There is just so much to all of this that cannot be mentioned in a post. But the reader should be aware of this...all of the “user data” created by a smart phone and other connected devices...they are data collection devices...among other convenient things. This data is captured by various companies and sold to other companies...there is huge profit in this game.

However...those who produce the data...you and millions of others like you...will probably never see any of the money changing hands in regards to the capture and use of your personal and private data. Depending on how you use your “smart device”...significant portions of your life is being recorded, monitored, organized, manipulated and sold and really there is nothing you can do about it.

As I said earlier...they are now beginning to direct people’s thoughts in an attempt to control them via these same devices.

The idea of large media corporations profiting on humans living out their day to day lives digitally...while the human's that are providing the data sees no compensation...is something akin to being a slave isn't it?

Tatwo...:)

I'm sure there are some folks that might say" Err,yeah right-Brother Tatwo must watch too many sci- fi flicks" but then they don't really know you so they might not realize they just received " inside ' info from a credible source...a little reality check that hopefully may help some that have some really bad habits,blabbing away in text,emails- browsing around shopping,enjoying the convenience of taking care of EVERYTHING with a simple " click" ,including business,pleasure and simple personal things such as measuring your bpm or refilling Rxs.....

Thanks for sharing,informative as usual..... as mindful and deliberate as I try to live using my device in a pretty limited capacity the only real way to keep your life private is pretty impossible these days - you don't even need a possess a single electronic device as the moment you step out of your door- satellite,street cameras & the list goes on

A dear friend is in IT,years ago he told me about all the blenders,can openers & coffee pots ready to go with cameras & microphones built in that are in many of our homes today and we don't even know it....

With love in Christ,Kwik

[kwikphilly]

14 minutes ago, Debp said:

If I didn't have my tablet I wouldn't be here until I got a new one.    I cannot use those little keys on the cellphone.

I don't even have texting.   I save $5 a month that way.

Yep,it's difficult....quite often I start a reply in a Thread and don't finish or come back to continue a discussion because it's just too much to type on the annoyingly tiny keyboard!

Good for you! Five bucks is a loaf of bread and a jar of peanut butter!

In His Love,Kwik

[Debp]

5 hours ago, kwikphilly said:

That's wonderful,I'm so excited to get the tablet - if you saw I was being facetious earlier & said " unless someone gives me a FREE..."and Glory to God of course I also said that if indeed I was in need our Lord Would Provide...thinking since I have a smart phone that's enough to keep me on WCF etc

Sorry but I MUST Testify RIGHT NOW about the Goodness of God!No,It's not a necessity I get another computer or a tablet but sure would be easier to see & to type- wouldn't it? In the next moment,Brother Alive posted" you can have my tablet"

God not only supplies all of our needs but also Gives us good Gifts,simply because He Loves us- we serve the most Wonderful Father that ever was ,IS and will Always Be!!!

Within the Body of Christ we are ONE in Him and He in us-there is no lack in His Body,we are one for the other and Praise Jesus for this Life More Abundant -

 

Thank You Abba for yet another day and Your BOUNTIFUL BLESSINGS- especially the Blessing of our Brothers and Sisters

With love in Christ,Kwik

It's almost my birthday (June) -Im tickled,can't wait to get my new tablet!

Join me in a great big Halleluyah!

Grateful!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I loaded the Vivaldi browser from Google Play Store.   Vivaldi doesn't collect any data, masks your identity.   Also, it collects the cookies.    You can delete everything easily.

[kwikphilly]

9 minutes ago, Debp said:

 

I loaded the Vivaldi browser from Google Play Store.   Vivaldi doesn't collect any data, masks your identity.   Also, it collects the cookies.    You can delete everything easily.

Glad you are happy with it- I really don't like Google Chrome so I doubt I'd care for any browser using   Chromium based search engines...... It would likely work great on my Samsung Android but can't stand Google anything,lol

I'm really looking forward to only using my phone for calls- maybe on a new device I'll see what it looks like but I'm not a multiple tab user and for what I do I like the ease of Firefox and Mozilla Gecko base---- funny how I'll be sitting next to my friends & someone asks to look something up real fast & everyone types in their fancy iphones- I always get the info first with my little Android Galaxy & Mozilla search engine- Google seems to take users round the Mulberry bush,maybe it's just got too much info,I don't really know?Unless it has to do with Apple,I'm not really sure .... I'm sure @other one could answer that question

[Debp]

1 hour ago, kwikphilly said:

Glad you are happy with it- I really don't like Google Chrome so I doubt I'd care for any browser using   Chromium based search engines...... It would likely work great on my Samsung Android but can't stand Google anything,lol

I'm really looking forward to only using my phone for calls- maybe on a new device I'll see what it looks like but I'm not a multiple tab user and for what I do I like the ease of Firefox and Mozilla Gecko base---- funny how I'll be sitting next to my friends & someone asks to look something up real fast & everyone types in their fancy iphones- I always get the info first with my little Android Galaxy & Mozilla search engine- Google seems to take users round the Mulberry bush,maybe it's just got too much info,I don't really know?Unless it has to do with Apple,I'm not really sure .... I'm sure @other one could answer that question

Vivaldi browser is not connected to Google.    However you can load it onto your device from Google Play Store.   

[kwikphilly]

31 minutes ago, Debp said:

Vivaldi browser is not connected to Google.    However you can load it onto your device from Google Play Store.   

It's Chromium based- @other one

Probably explain much better than I can- though it is not owned or managed by Google ( like Chrome) it utilizes all Google technology