<story><title>NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show</title><url>http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-tracking-cellphone-locations-worldwide-snowden-documents-show/2013/12/04/5492873a-5cf2-11e3-bc56-c6ca94801fac_print.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>lukev</author><text>Sure you can! Join the 60% of the world&amp;#x27;s population that _don&amp;#x27;t use the internet at all_.&lt;p&gt;Or the 20% of the population of the _US_ that don&amp;#x27;t use the internet.&lt;p&gt;You can even still use a cell phone, if you want - just buy a prepaid mobile with cash.&lt;p&gt;And aside from awkwardness with your friends, you might even find such a life quite livable. You&amp;#x27;ll experience no material hardship.</text></item><item><author>DanielBMarkham</author><text>So the deal modern man was presented with was this: we&amp;#x27;ll give you instant global communication for pennies, but in return governments and corporations will closely monitor everyone on the planet: where they are, who they call, how long the call is, their texts, messages, and other communications -- basically their thoughts. We&amp;#x27;ll record this forever to use as we choose. Trust us.&lt;p&gt;As a global population, we seem to have made this deal, but I&amp;#x27;m not aware of ever being consciously offered the choice. Can I change my mind now?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tomschlick</author><text> &amp;gt; You can even still use a cell phone, if you want - just buy a prepaid mobile with cash.&lt;p&gt;Actually this is exactly the kind of thing this data would sniff out. It would capture whichever cell towers you interact with (home, work, etc) and paired with data from your friends &amp;amp; their call logs could easily pinpoint who you are. Kind of amazing from an analytical standpoint but pretty scary for privacy.</text></comment>
<story><title>NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show</title><url>http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-tracking-cellphone-locations-worldwide-snowden-documents-show/2013/12/04/5492873a-5cf2-11e3-bc56-c6ca94801fac_print.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>lukev</author><text>Sure you can! Join the 60% of the world&amp;#x27;s population that _don&amp;#x27;t use the internet at all_.&lt;p&gt;Or the 20% of the population of the _US_ that don&amp;#x27;t use the internet.&lt;p&gt;You can even still use a cell phone, if you want - just buy a prepaid mobile with cash.&lt;p&gt;And aside from awkwardness with your friends, you might even find such a life quite livable. You&amp;#x27;ll experience no material hardship.</text></item><item><author>DanielBMarkham</author><text>So the deal modern man was presented with was this: we&amp;#x27;ll give you instant global communication for pennies, but in return governments and corporations will closely monitor everyone on the planet: where they are, who they call, how long the call is, their texts, messages, and other communications -- basically their thoughts. We&amp;#x27;ll record this forever to use as we choose. Trust us.&lt;p&gt;As a global population, we seem to have made this deal, but I&amp;#x27;m not aware of ever being consciously offered the choice. Can I change my mind now?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>TrainedMonkey</author><text>Also do not use any kind of phone.&lt;p&gt;Do not appear on any camera&amp;#x2F;picture.&lt;p&gt;Do not purchase anything with any kind of card.&lt;p&gt;Do not drive a car (License plate recognition systems are getting scary.)&lt;p&gt;Etc...</text></comment>