Yes, I've written about this before. That's why I put my phone inside a white noise case at home. I carry the is s one in a case where the mic is covered too, no reason to make it easy for them.
When the Unix phones become a little more functional, I plan to trade up. They have mechanical switches on the mic, camera, and GPS main power circuits...a feature I like! I plan to cut my mic on this one, and run only blue tooth. I always run through a foreign VPN, because I can!
They are pretty confused with me, they think I'm 30 years younger, and living in California....
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I( think those tactics actually just give us a false sense of security, so that we justify owning these spy devices that betray us and harm those around us. For example, if a device does into a faraday cage or bag, it stops transmitting for a while. Then when taken out of the bag, it catches up on missed time and sends all the data it would have sent. So at best you are just delaying the damage it does. The only way to truly reduce the damage being done is to not allow them anywhere near you. I won't let anyone bring a device onto my property. I do not have any wifi signals or bluetooth anywhere. My PC has no cameras or mics, and uses a hardwired ethernet connection. My private files are not stored on a computer that ever goes on the internet. We are still being watched and listened to in other ways... but like you said, why make it easy for them?
I removed apps, one at a time; until I lost function on the phone. Restored that last app, so it bairly functions. By using duck duck go to search, and by disabling reporting; they don't get enough information to begin a data base on me. I'm sure the VPN I use helps further confuse their database dreams.
One other thing I do is sign up for things, using these places to enter bad data; forcing them to keep track of many different 'me'. When data is hand entered, they must assume it to be correct information. So far, I've been born in every state in the union, and I'm 25 to 90 years old, male and female, and every race I can think of!
GIGO (garbage in garbage out) is an effective defense.
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