@natschooler: A 70-year-old pensioner left a comment on my page that perfectly sums up modern tech. She bought a simple non-smart phone, started looking into signal-blocking Faraday bags, and said: “You’d think I was a spy instead of a 70-year-old pensioner!” 👵🕵️♀️ And she’s completely right. Twenty years ago, getting some peace and quiet meant closing your front door and pulling the curtains. Today, regular people—retirees, grandmas, local business owners—feel like they need military-grade signal pouches, pay-as-you-go SIMs, and burner flip phones just to avoid constant background tracking and data scraping. When did everyday life start requiring counter-surveillance gear? Have you bought any “spy gear” like a Faraday bag or a dumb phone yet, or are you sticking with your regular smartphone? Let me know in the comments below 👇 #DigitalPrivacy #DumbPhone #FaradayBag #TechHumor #DigitalDetox
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Monday 05 October 2026 16:15:02 GMT
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Esmeralda :
this is so true! I went to b&q to buy some paint today..o my goodness.. the camera at the check out was ridiculous.. focusing on on your face!! it was really intrusive!
2026-10-07 18:48:40
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Nat_Plum :
Life’s a total tech takeover and we slowly are trying to resist this now…. Personally we are tech’ed out 😳😳
2026-10-07 22:48:57
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dot 9 :
what about the poor people that are what people cant read or write
2026-10-07 22:49:07
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Jack.Hammer :
Banks as well … you can’t even move your own money around without an inquest.
2026-10-07 10:57:51
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InfinityLoop :
But life’s better! They tell us it is so it must be!
2026-10-07 22:14:56
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Handyman :
I do think people at the top are loosing it 😁
2026-10-07 20:17:29
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Picasso :
Those people are paranoid, I’m 77 and have no issues at all with the modern world
2026-10-07 04:59:07
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freespeechisking :
Cause old phones can’t take pictures or videos of people and use them for evidence in court, if it is my word against say a police officer who will they more likely believe🧐 just thinking out side of the box
2026-10-07 01:22:26
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Andy Painter :
looking at going backwards tech wise
2026-10-06 09:59:23
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Stasia AKA Dot 💕😊 :
Ditch the smart phone and TV and turn off the WiFi for hours at a time
2026-10-06 05:52:07
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ala :
Ye i no longer carry it with me!
2026-10-07 20:56:13
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Council Life, exposing torture :
I would like to look into this because my neighbour tries every which way to spy to on me inside my home, had to buy a whole new phone because he hacked it and my TV.. he has multiple holes in his bathroom floor trying to get into mine, seen cameras through the drainage pipes and maintenance cupboard, and yes I have been called crazy even with proof!
2026-10-06 04:58:20
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Karen 🌻 :
It’s got crazy for sure - all about money making - adverts destroy me - a all about money making too - people have got greedy
2026-10-07 07:37:17
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stevenick :
The smart phone is going if Digital ID app is required to be installed on it. Im toying with the idea of going phonless again.
2026-10-06 10:45:14
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Patsy :
I’m frightened about what we have to do to protect ourselves it is sooooo bloody scary !
2026-10-05 16:19:07
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Crazy Geordie #1 :
I have just ordered a faraday bag for my smartphone I put my head down when I am out only glancing upwards occasionally its to avoid cctv, traffic light cameras, people's camera doorbells i have also already got a pair of sunglasses that cameras can't identify my face properly i have t shirts that are covered in random UK car number plates it causes the cameras that pick them up major issues and I am on crutches so that throws gait recognition into disarray because it sees you as part of the pavement as the crutches are grey I walk down back alleys still keeping my head down it does not look to unusual being on crutches guess what I have absolutely nothing to hide i value and protect my privacy!!
2026-10-06 13:39:04
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jjimy woods :
Back to Analog
2026-10-05 20:05:54
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N_i_g_e_l_☆_S_t_u_d_i_o_4 :
I am not doing anything that is worthwhile to be surveilled and I am pretty robust when it comes to my data providing marketeers personalised ads. I enjoy embracing technology so I am a bit of a sponge for data gathers am I bothered? nope 😂
2026-10-06 13:49:04
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Judyfred58Sm@ :
yes we are Sky customer's ours has already been charged it's a pain in my arse because sometimes just for no reason it stops working and my son will text me and say your phones are off again then you have to unplug the best....y thing and plug it back in again and it often does it when we are away and because our house alarm goes through the phone line it means that then doesn't work ohhh it's been nothing but a nightmare ever since they installed it ohh and it occupied all the plugs on that side of the room as well so when I put my Christmas tree up this year going to have to use extension leads from other plugs grrr😡
2026-10-06 16:35:14
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me :
You can get a phone sized faraday pouch in Halfords for a tenner. I use it all the time when I’m out and about. I don’t want to be tracked. And I use cash almost everywhere.
2026-10-07 22:24:23
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Hazel :
I have a burner phone
2026-10-07 05:28:20
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AllWivesMatter :
I am ready to ditch smart phone
2026-10-06 09:17:19
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Shaz :
I am looking at buying faraday bags.😁😁😁
2026-10-06 16:21:02
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Clockwork Duck :
I currently have a smart phone, but have considered getting a dumb phone. The destruction of the copper wire landlines is a national scandal. In the future the one time you need a phone, it won't be available.
2026-10-07 06:21:04
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Springfield :
what is a Faraday bag?
2026-10-06 07:49:45
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