My Phone: A Privacy Expert Doesn’t Like What She Finds
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2024
- Privacy specialist Naomi Brockwell @NaomiBrockwellTV looked through my phone and said I should DELETE most of my apps.
Here’s what she said I should delete and why.
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End the Patriot Act!
We just supercharged it last month… the 4th amendment has basically been repealed.
@@BigBossIvan I know. Rep. Jordan just dropped the FISA inquiry too. Also, the WHO Pandemic Treaty kicks-in this May. We're Fuct!
Why do you suppose there was a painting of George W. playing with paper airplanes and jenga pieces? It was a triple. 1. A nice profitable revenge war 2. a work around for the 4th amendment (search) 3. a work around for the 5th amendment (due process). Pretty genius if ask me. Evil as the devil himself, but genius.
@@mondavou9408 A painting where?
@@BigBossIvan
what's the name of the Bill or number? I can't find anything relating to the patriot act passed November of 2023.
Thanks for having me on the show and being such a good sport about it 😂
im a subcriber to your channel this was a great interview , you were funny and looking awesome you came across very genuine too, hope it helps the normies , i really like the knowledge its very helpful thank you
For someone who does not want to reveal, that low cut blouse does.
If they made uninstalling easy as hold and drag to the trash, I would be getting rid of apps much more often. But, I can never remember the myriad of steps to take and hate hacking at cellphones, so the stuff ends up staying put. I have no doubt they made deleting a pain for a reason...
watched this video in 1.2x speed, and I've got to say, I LOVE the energy doing that gives off from you! 😄
@@a1isrising Thanks so much!
Love that this is on UA-cam (owned by Google), and first recommendation is get rid of all Google apps
LMAO surprised their crooked asses haven’t shadow banned the vid
They know the majority of people watching, will probably go about their lives and change nothing. Will you?
Haha@@bluelobster246
@@bluelobster246 They don't need to Google knows that people will make insane connections to justify having something that will save them one second of their life because they think it will do more. Just think of something you know is bad for you that you still use, take, or eat. Now be real with yourself why do you still use it? for me my usual response is "I'm too lazy not to."
I'm not sure if she's right. I think the guy was using iPhone. iOS doesn't support external toolkits for browsers, so basically all browsers are a skin on top of safari
I'm NOT getting rid of my Google! They already know everything about you through your Passport, Driver's Licence, Tax Records, Insurance, Registrations, etc. If you don't want them to know anything then disappear and go and live in the forest and eat grubs.
The ultimate con is that people think their "permission" is needed.
who could blame them. Nobody except people with a knack to decipher layer claused changes of business terms longer then King's 'The Stand'. Should be prohibited.
Huh? @@BiWesCrew
No, many times you need permissions for the apps functions to actually work.. But things can be allowed only when the app is in use for many things.
That's just a sucker you in. They know more about you than you know about yourself
@joefox9765 I'm a sucker for not believing they need our permission? You're not making the point you think you're making.
Google went from 'Don't Be Evil' to *pure* evil.
A tale as old as time
That would have been an interesting meeting "who votes to get rid of 'do no evil' as the company motto, we can't really have that lol"
It's inevitable unfortunately. You know, mammon.
Don’t is a word that doesn’t mean the same to all beings. They weren’t saying what we think
They went from Don't Be Evil to Don't Not Be Evil.
I proved this to my friends, we put our phones on a table and I kept talking about cadillacs for about 5 minutes mentioning the word cadillac about 15 times. Within a half of an hour we all had ad's for cadillacs all over our phones as we used them.
I’m going to do an experiment like yours using the word ‘Mistress’ lol..!😇
@@bgoode2903 "Hot not crazy singles near me"
@@Digital.Photography I don't turn it off. But when on, it most definitely is listening to you.
@@Digital.Photography My own personal view of surveillance by ‘authorities’ the state, intelligence agencies is that there might not be a lot I can do to stop the Intrusion or ‘Spotlight’ from being pointed in my direction or even territory that I visit…I accept that it is sometimes necessary, I don’t enjoy it or agree with it…but I do hope that whoever or whatever is watching me ‘enjoys’ the show…as Robbie Williams sang ‘Let Me Entertain You’…it’s a true saying ‘The Truth is out there..the question is do we believe it? Do I/We/You have the capacity to understand the reasons for it? Anyone or anything that invests in compiling/gathering statistics and using algorithms has a reason for making those types of investments - just exactly who benefits from those efforts most? Is it for my benefit? Is any of it to my advantage?😇
if people don't know this by now then they're hopeless.
Maybe ALL the branches of all GOVERNMENT servants should stop committing treason and other serious felonies, or start going to prison?
Treason has elements that need to be met in order to be applicable. One is that war has been declared by Congress. Being as that state doesn't exist, you'll have to find a more suitable crime to claim that they're committing.
@@DerykRobossonthank you for pointing that out. Treason is the most misused word in this country right now. Somehow it only applies to political enemies
Breach of your sworn oath and duty is treason defined and it even meets the US sophist definition.....
Cooper v. Aaron, 358 U.S. 1, 78 S. Ct. 1401 (1958)
Note: Any judge who does not comply with his oath to the Constitution of the United States wars against that Constitution and engages in acts in violation of the supreme law of the land. The judge is engaged in acts of treason.
The U.S. Supreme Court has stated that "no state legislator or executive or judicial officer can war against the Constitution without violating his undertaking to support it". See also In Re Sawyer, 124 U.S. 200 (188); U.S. v. Will, 449 U.S. 200, 216, 101 S. Ct. 471, 66 L. Ed. 2d 392, 406 (1980); Cohens v. Virginia, 19 U.S. (6 Wheat) 264, 404, 5 L. Ed 257 (1821).
@@DerykRobosson
MAYBE you should study some more?@@DerykRobosson
public servants arresting public servants. good luck. they all are bought and paid for.
“Google is an advertising company”. This. This right here.
The definition of google literally
Google is a trap
John always knows how to ask the “regular person questions” bravo!
And he has expert script writers and editors to seamlessly blend in the ads, Bravo!
In this particular case I think he's just genuinely being skeptical of how big a deal it really is that all this information is being collected and used. I think he genuinely had the same opinion going into this that the vast majority of people do. They know all this data collection and selling is happening, but they really don't see any tangible negative consequences of it, so the convenience or usefulness of the app seems worth it.
It's hard for most people to really understand the significance of all their data being collected like this until they actually experience some of the negative consequences of it.
@@Rowgue51 Many years ago a grocery store chain said join our club scan our card and we will keep track of what you buy in order to tailor the sales to your needs.
Things went great until it got out that they were tracking people purchases and the cards were dropped in a hot second.
Even when people know, they don't pay attention.
No, Jon is a very Idle and older which means complacent.
Mr. Stossel perfectly illustrates the typical consumer - if it makes something more convenient, they will happily auction off their private parts to have it.
The worst is that large phone vendors (looking at you, Samsung) prevent you from uninstalling most of those privacy-invading applications.
yup, main reason I stopped buying Samsung phones and tablets.
HTC is better, Apple too.
If you have an Android phone (Google owns Android). Even if you switch from Chrome to Brave, Google gets all of your data. There is no way to uninstall Chrome from an Android device.
@@jwenting
Regardless of the specific brand, anything that isn't apple is using the google operating system and it's going to come with all the google apps baked in that can't be removed.
@@jwenting:
Ex-Samsunger here. I left because their gear doesn't last and because of the unremovable bloatware.
Apple is no better with bloatware that reports back to your overload, try uninstalling imessage or safari and you realize apple tracks too.
I was having a private conversation today with a friend about a new hobby of his. Five minutes later, for the first time ever, I started receiving ads on Y Tube for his hobby. Literally listening to our conversations through our phones.
I once received adds on my laptop for something that I was holding in my hand but had not actually even talked about. Scary. I covered the camera lens after that.
Happens all the time. Knew my daughter was pregnant and I started getting ads. She made an announcement at a family gathering , next thing ads on My phone.
lol you're a little late
One time I was thinking of a succulent Chinese meal and I rounded the corner and stepped into the kitchen and BOOM!- succulent Chinese meal all cooked table set w/candlelight
Yep, we talk about this all the time at work.
Google has become the most persistently intrusive company ever. Its almost impossible to get rid of it.
Face book is bad
Remove gmail, youtube, gmaps, done.
use degoogled phone.
both.
It's not impossible
Looking for the video on the Government collecting our data?
Email should be treated like regular paper mail. If you mess with that, it's a federal offense.
Even paper mail is tracked. The USPS scans pictures of every piece of mail
I like this woman. Beautiful and helpful.
End the Patriot Act.
Ban data collection and dissemination.
Ban ADVERTISING.
Advertising is predatory propaganda. It's time for advertisers to stop lying and simpering, and go back to giving the facts.
I found her not only smart, but her sense of humor was terrific. Of course, she told me things I really didn't want to hear. Things I know are true but turned a blind eye to. Off to find a new email provider.
You are meant to like are she is an actress, it's not a coincidence she looks attractive to you.
Regardless of where we all fall on this debate, I think we can all agree that Ms Brockwell is delightful!!
Hate her wig.
I don't mind being schooled by her about privacy all day.
@@LittleMopeHead Is he gonna say giggity?
Should I say giggity?
Are other people allowed to say giggity?
Giggity.
Calm down tiger
Redheads mmmm
People are addicted to “fast, easy, simple”
Yes, when you are working 65 hours a week and you are exhausted because you are old and have health issues, you sometimes take the easy road
It's why were so miserable and broken.
People are addicted to doing anything to avoid having to use our brains. We've become addicted to living on autopilot, walking around like zombies just looking at the phone. Gotta always have a damn phone attached to our hip. They're so addicting. So it's by design, isn't it. They made these damn phones so addicting we feel lost if we don't have our phones for just a few minutes. The biggest hoax so far in history imo.
And the most important point, free...
I got her beat, I dont have a phone, 100% privacy everywhere I go.
Do you use credit cards
Not with CCT cameras and facial recognition technology.
@@Samlol23_drrich Yes, credit cards give away your location. Anyone who has seen Home Alone 2 knows that when Kevin McAllister used his Dad's credit card, they knew what hotel he was at in NYC... and that movie came out in the 1980s. This is not shocking or revelatory news.
The point is your credit card can't listen to you, record what you're doing, or do anything other than say, "Bob was here, bought this thing, and spent this amount." Even "bought this thing" might be vague since it's usually just an amount and not an itemized list. In contrast, a phone gives away 100x the info.
We probably won't ever get 100% anonymity since there's a camera in every person's hand and on every road sign, but we can have a less invasive world. One reason I drive a 2001 car is it lacks all the data uploads and infotainment apps. And before you pity me too much... I'll just say a 2001 Porsche is still very fun to drive!
You posted a comment on the internet. Which means you have a computer.
Don’t fool yourself.
@@UnskilledGrapplerperhaps they are using a friend’s computer and name?🤷♂️
"Let me see your phone."
Hands over phone.
"See?! You have given up your privacy!"
😆
That part 😂
It's not a phone, it's a surveillance device. Everyone should understand this before they ever turn the damn thing on.
They can remote activate them as well.
They can remote activate them as well.
My last iPhone couldn't be turned off. Every time I shut it down it automatically restarted.
You would have to take the battery out and we can't even do that anymore.
Surveillance
Monitoring
And
Recording
Technology
SMART.
Let's be real. Everything is being watched
Linux Kali is your best bet and even then, I rarely carry my cell phone, It doesn't have much on it... I hate texting.
I am confused about this one thing, This so called expert... She really isn't, Leave it to youtube to promote a Liberal mind set though.
Signal so secured that they are suing because of all the child things going on
I think an electronic privacy law is long overdue
Remember who makes laws: the government is never going to give this control back.
@johnclark546 Yep, and I think that's why something that's so obviously needed has never even been mentioned.
Tech will not give it up without a knock-out fight, and the government will never give it back even if they claim they would. Together, those two form a front we can't hope to break. So, it's not going to happen. It's just sickening to realize that governments will not serve the people no matter who we "elect."
I don't understand why it matters who a company sells my data to. I don't understand why people care.
On the other hand I really do care about what the government knows as it's the only entity that can send me to jail. It seems we need privacy laws protecting us from the government, not from tech companies.
i agree. both government and big business are by nature designed to grow and be self serving. That is why the founding fathers tried to keep it limited.. there really is no way out of this save a solar flare or EMP and that would be painful, to say the least.@@ArchimedesPie
Cool it with the antisemitism. /s
For someone that occasionally read the EULA of apps and software. they read like summoning rituals for eldritch horrors which I dislike
They are, as is most legalese. You won’t believe just how accurate the word “summoning” applies here, same with courts. The words are coded, and it functions as a ritual.
You don't even have to read the EULA or TOS to know about all this data collection though. When you install the app it literally tells you what it wants access to and you have to actively agree to grant those permissions before it will install or open.
Where's my free phone? I've been buying them.
10 years Edward Snowden sacrificied his career and left his family behind to flee united states of america .. A true patriot
He blew the whistle years ago and look what they did to him
@@Zach-ju5viJulian Assange has entered the chat.
Patriot? I mean, I dont find spooks very patriotic, but im sure they see it differently. Prism is real, and Snowden worked with enough clearance to get docs on it, and many other projects of the nsa branch of the c1a. How do you think he managed to get them out so efficiently? And do interviews for tv? And but a plane ticket, and use his passport to fly out of the country to an enemy state? I mean, how did he get ahold of the docs in first place? You dont think the most sophisticated digital surveillance operation headquarters had any surveillance on their own systems to watch employees? Sorry, Edward, and most whistle blowers, are plants. Now Julian, THATS what they do to actual whistle blowers. Brad Manning, THATS another thing they do to whistleblower's. Sorry, should say Chelsea Manning, the military though making a guy named MANning into a woman would be the most ironic humiliation ritual for a traitor of the state. Reminds me of the first American transgender person from the 1950s. Oh yea, that person was also in the military. 🤔 Wonder if you can traumatize a person, and then subject them to experimental reprogramming tactics after theyve been in solitary for months, and convince them that they have gender dysphoria? Im NOT saying others with gender dysphoria are illegitimate, its a real thing, Im not talking about your average trans individual. I am saying they have done human tests like this since wwii, Brad/Chelsea was a test to see if they could CREATE the psychological condition in someone who didnt have it. (these are my opinions, and highly speculative. I have not seen solid proof of all these statements, but these are what seem true to me personally)
And no one cared
Yeah, they made Ed Snowden & Julian Assange out to be criminals, just for telling the truth.
Notice how they always have a bad connotation for anyone telling the truth, like whistle blower, now conspiracy theorist.
It's not the Apps. It's the privacy Law that we need to change!
Both
Laws are just like a restraining order on your Ex..... it doesn't stop them from murdering you. I've never understood why people put so much value or faith on a restraining order. Laws only work if people/companies obey them.
This is one of John's best, because it calls out some of the implications of us not caring about our own privacy, and points out there are better alternatives.
I wish I had an app that would follow you
I was talking to a friend about this. I said it's bad enough we have our cellphone wherever we go, people go the extra mile and wear a smartwatch!
They openly said they were going to do this over 10 years ago. They asked for and wanted a back door into your phone and then into your life which you willingly gave to them. A few vocal moments of outrage does not count as resistance. So you give them a back door and then you act surprised when they use it.
Longer! Clipper chip in the 90's.
From what I remember it was Apple who gave it to them. Not us lol. Apparently the fbi or something actually complained that the Apple iPhones were too secure and needed a back door. Apple gave it to them. Nobody asked the customers what they thought. Of course, at the end of the day it’s the governments who allow this crap on civilians. They literally do not have our back or our interest.
When did I willingly consent??
@@user-ti3vp9mt3z Are you an adult? Because I don't explain obvious things to adults. And if you're a child, you should be outside playing. Not on the internet.
I love Naomi Brockwell. Smart and well informed, she has such a personality that makes it fun to listen to her. I am going to follow her.
If you eliminate third-party apps, then you'll also find the battery life of the phone is significantly increased.
And the largest battery life increases come from deleting the most invasive apps
A few years ago, I rooted my phone and installed LineageOS, basically a Google-free version of Android.
My battery charge after doing that would last me A WEEK.
@@LokiScarletWasHere
Like which apps ?
@@soulfireonfire6423 Do I look like a fuckin' tutorial to you? More background activity = more power usage. More invasive = more background activity.
@@LokiScarletWasHere This was a helpful question. You don’t have to be rude.
Why is anyone suprised by this when its been happening since the invention of these devices
Don't worry, not the first time I thought something was public or common knowledge, just to realize that most of said public either has no idea, or deliberately buries their head in the sand about it.
But it still needs to be said: Smartphones are pocket spyware. Hopefully after droning to enough people about this, maybe then we might actually make some ground in re-securing our privacy again.
Exactly
Steve Jobs stood on a stage in 2007 and introduced the iPhone. Google with android. Supporting networks really didn't catch up until 2013. 10 years to wreck all of civilization. Fastest decline in all of recorded history.
Seriously. Plus, these patents of tech they put into all devices are much worse. Look these up on Google:
US6017302A US6506148B2 US4877027A
US5159703A US20030171688A1 and there are more.
Most of us don't think about it. It's not really a surprise. It's sort of like someone who doesn't exercise and doesn't eat a healthy diet goes once a year to the doctor to find out how bad their health is. They know, but don't want to deal with it. Then one day the Doc is like, "Okay, if you don't change this habit you're going to die" and they're like "Huh...when did this happen?"
It’s strange the government gave free smart phones to everyone
Exactly! That has always been so suspicious to me....
FREE?! I've been paying two, three, four-hundred dollars every three or four years now for almost a decade now and I could have been getting smartphones for free?
My mom just keeps getting letters telling her she has to use the phone or else.......
@@uss-dh7909OBAMA PHONE!!!
*to the poors...
You will never hear about this stuff in the media, its like a conspiracy of silence.
I really hate the fact that damn near everything I do online requires an account now.
I hope they're enjoying those photos as much as I am. 🤣
👍🏻
If you think that's the worst of it, you're beyond help.
@@larrybud
It was a joke. 🙄
"I hope the CCP and FBI are enjoying knowing my every action! I hope my data isn't for sale to the highest bidder on the dark web! I hope they don't frame me using ch*ld p*rn! I hope they don't steal my identity and ruin me for at least 18 months while I undo their actions! I hope they don't DOX me or my kids! I hope whatever political power is in charge likes what I post!"
@@untilvalhalla7854, glad most people got it. 😁
On a cold day a few weeks ago I heard my old furnace kick on. That beast might last forever. I said out loud, "oh, thank you. I love you Bard" (it's brand)... ever since, I have been getting ads for a company named Bard. It's always listening.
You can easily limit the apps that have access to your microphone and to turn off hey Google or whatever product you have listening on your microphone.
@@SpaceCadet4Jesus I bet they never really turn off the microphone, even when you ask them to.
@@kelsijodryer6348 You don't ask them to, you simply disable the microphone if someone is so paranoid.
There are plenty of good apps available that tattle on which app has the rights to access which function on your phone. I just checked mine and all the apps I do want to access the microphone do. The rest don't.
If I have anymore doubts, I would simply delete the app
On the same hand, I have a monitoring firewall that gives a report on each device, the ports and the IP address as to where it is going and when. There is no microphone sending data to Google unless I activate Google and give it voice input.
I'm not living a paranoid life but I'm also not signing up for Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Tinder, Instagram, etc, to name a few. I have no need.
@@SpaceCadet4Jesus
You wrote in another thread here that they have better things to do than to listen to people.
@@kelsijodryer6348I bet you're wrong. They really don't need to do it because -especially when hiding the permissions in weird places and enabling them by default- people don't bother looking for them and turn them off.
But if you _do_ think that, then that's just more reason to use something like DivestOS or GrapheneOS, which will certainly prevent that sort of thing.
Whenever my family and I need to discuss something important we turn our phones off and put them in another room with door shut.
😮😧 that’s truly sad, but it the right thing to do.
This is what activists and organizers do too
This shit is why I sometimes feel like I am the last flip phone user alive. Even then, I don't trust that thing. I honestly treat it as a glorified landline, as I rarely ever take it out of the house. Only time I do so is when I am expecting to use it, usually for important business.
Good job boomer
@@bertblue9683I'm a millennial and I still use a flipper.
Total sketchbag
"What kind of business?"
"Important"
@@bertblue9683 I have to laugh at the zoomers crossing the street with their heads staring down at their smart phone. The best part was when I saw to friends walking together doing this. Another guy, some guy was scanning his groceries in front of me, and he kept looking at his phone, slowing down the process. Total addicts.
I'm tired of being asked to put apps on my phone everywhere I go. The guy working at the sandwich shop was like do you have our app. Everything has an app now crowded up the space on my phone.
dont leave us hanging. Did you have their app, and how was the sandwich?
If I installed every app someone wanted me to I would need 5 or 6 phones...
I won't accept all the apps businesses want me to have, If they can't work with me without a phone, I can find another company.
@@doyourownresearch7297 🙂
Homey don't app.......
Who spies on the government?
A lot of people.
Journalists and lawyers and other governments send spies
🕵️♂️
Many hats 🧢
Non government Intelligence agencies / shadow government
Other governments
The WEF
It's all in the name of "convenience". It started with drive-throughs. And here we are - lazier than ever and completely oblivious.
I feel vindicated that I threw that cell away over 2 years ago. P C only with NO web cam. I do no buying or selling online nor do I do anything financial. No debit cards, spend cash where possible. Pulled the fuse on my cars GPS navigation stuff. Yup I am a suspicious old guy that thinks my business is no body elses business
I threw my phone away too. How many organizations ask
me for my phone number before they will do business ?
It happens nearly every day. I hold my cash and all my
personal information close to my chest and say "Do business ?
Say yes or no but you get no phone number."
Bet ur fun at parties😂
Do you think you'll ever achieve the final stage of bartering with rare metals and animal fur?
One of my interns joked about going back to that lifestyle once
@@fitztastico At 77 years old (I hope it never comes to it, but I do have the knowledge to go into the wilds and survive
yeah. god forbid uncle sam should catch on to your top secret lifestyle of VFW bingo & Matlock marathons.
Companies are finding ever more creative ways to get you to download their app. For example, Kohl's has removed their price scanners from stores, and they now tell you to use your phone with their app to get prices. I don't do that. Instead, I ask a store employee for the price, and waste their staff time on purpose. And when I go to a haircut place that wants you to put your name and phone number in a computer to sign in, I give them their own phone number instead of mine.
oh good idea about the sign in
Funny to see John imitating my grandma ...
I assume you're talking about his mustache and beard.
@@augustuscaesar8287
Nope. I'm talking about his replies to Naomi suggestions ...
@@andrewkamoha4666it's what makes his interview style great. Takes humility to play the dunce in your lessons.
6:58 🙄
“Sure, tell ‘em… I don’t care”
😆😆😆
All companies are the same, there's no privacy period... Phones, TVs, cars, and more all track everything you do and say, text...
ALWAYS REMEMBER: if it's free you are the product!!!
Ok then you continue to pay
Not with Linux.
just because you pay doesn't mean you're not also the product. They're entities designed to maximize profits, which means if you're paying they'll still sell your data to maximize profits
@@jgarbo3541 ahaha Linux cringe moment
@@GrandpaRanOverRudolfI haven't bought anything that was advertised to me nor have I clicked on any advertising link in my browsing, nor has my browsing ads shown any product related to anything that I would want.
I've been using cell phones and computer equipment for over three decades and they still can't get a handle on what I might buy.
Thank you for having Naomi Brockwell on your show! She knows what she's talking about!
" Soon, it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen.... "
-Zbigniew Brzezinski
1979
@@neverbeforeseenvideos2249 Sorta fills you with happiness, doesn't it?😆🤣
The genie is out of the bottle. Privacy is a total myth if you use any electronic/internet means. Shut off one path, they develop another. The only way to partially defeat them is get off the grid on a mountaintop somewhere. And they still know you are there.
Yep, it's not just phones. Why do you think they went with chip readers in credit cards? If you think it was to prevent identity theft, think again.
It's all about targeted advertising. It works and they know it and are willing to pay for the data that allows them to target you.
@@maidenminnesota1can you elaborate about the chip reader? is it ok to ‘slide’ or ‘tap’ the credit card instead?
There is no escape. Period.
Privacy is not a binary on-off switch. Every avenue you shut down is one less way for information to leak out. There are many players and many pieces of information. But people would rather just give up for the sake of convenience.
Does she USE her phone? Just USING it gives places data/information, regardless of apps. Does she use a credit card or even a debit card? Every time you use it... oh.... and on and on. So each person has to choose what and who knows what depending on how it benefits them. My biggest issue is when you choose permissions but then on every "update" your phone and apps default back to default permissions. Once YOU set the permissions, either on phone, computer, or apps, they should STAY not matter if the device or app updates or not.
The plus of deleting: Your phone actually works as you don't have so many apps clogging it up. I also refuse to shop at stores that require an app to get the discount. Especially if I already have the card for the discount.
A lot of apps can't be uninstalled from modern phone. I want a phone with just android, and without all the carrier-specific crap-ware.
These are called bloatware. I've heard that the Google Pixel don't have third party apps pre installed.
@@مازلتعلىقيدالحياةلابدمنمخرجbut I found with my pixel that Google is still sharing data that I wasn't aware of. Talk with your family about a certain car while your phone is sitting there and you'd be surprised the next time you go into Google you get advertisements and notifications along those same lines. I disconnected Google home and I'm seriously considering getting rid of the pixel.
Look into CalyxOS and GrapheneOS. Flashing a custom operating system onto an Android phone is not prohibitively difficult, and is much better for privacy. It will also improve your battery life, since your location is not being polled all the time.
THIS IS MY LAST MESSAGE ON THE INTERNET….I’m immediately throwing my phone in the lake and moving to a hut in the forest, I will hide and live off the land 😳
Proceeds to get followed by a drone...
HA!@@NoOne-ef7yu
Or you could just take some steps to not be tracked all the time.
I wish I could afford a cabin in the woods😂😂
@@DanSlotea it’s not a cabin, it’ll be a little hut that I will build with my hands 😎
This was the most stressful video I’ve seen in a long time
Location services off until you need it and bluetooth off until you need it.
just a couple of tips among many others. be safe out there.
And NFC off
Funny thing, she forgot to mention that credit card companies also track you and log every location you bought stuff at.
Funny thing, you forgot that this video focuses on his phone. Credit card use can be a useful consideration for privacy, though.
@@CornyBum How so? You think credit card companies don't use your private data to make money?
@@WaaDoku I know they do. I think you're missing my point.
@@CornyBum What's your point? Can you formulate that again in different words?
AND cc companies amd BANKS will gladly, willingly turn over to federal agencies your private banking information, purchases , locations, etc. We live in Orwell's novel...
Makes you wonder how all of this spying got legalized, then you remember all the rich politicians…and it starts to make sense.
Go back a bit further to 9/11 when the entire population was caught with their pants down and 3000 people died. _That's_ how this all got legalized. They couldn't let a crisis go to waste without expanding government powers, and most of us were so concerned about avoiding a repeat event that we went along with it without really understanding the full long-term implications and consequences--though some recognized it, but they were universally condemned as "conspiracy theorists" at the time. Since then, it's became so incredibly difficult to convince politicians to stop renewing the various laws enacted then that it all just...continues as if it's normal. Gotta "keep the country safe!" after all. Wait...why does that sound familiar...? Oh, right. Same excuse they used for all the draconian BS they used during COVID, too. Couldn't let that crisis go to waste, either.
It started with the Patriot act. They have since changed the name and spread it out so we can't get rid of it so easily.
Semite supremecists run the cia, fbi, and federal reserve
" Who controls the food supply controls the people; who controls the energy can control whole continents; who controls money can control the world. "
-Zbigniew Brzezinski
Politicians permit the military/intelligence agencies to walk all over them.
Always enjoyed hearing news and informtion from John Stossel.
The biggest takeaway from what she said is that we don't need an app for everything start using a web browser in replace of a particular app.
Won't help. Look up "Geofencing". You can have nothing but the basic stock apps on your phone and it doesn't matter. With the built in Google ID or an Apple ID or an IMEI, you're always being watched.
That's a great alternative...if your browser isn't *also* spying on you. If it is, you're just collecting all your data into one convenient little package in your browser.
Highly recommend brave or Vivaldi (which I personally use) if you want to stay in chromium infrastructure without using chrome itself.
With Vivaldi you can import your Google account and keep you bookmarks etc
When I first got my phone apps made me uncomfortable so I deleted them all. I just do the web browser to get into my bank account or pay my credit cards.
I also have a lot of things on my phone blocked including my location.
I got a new job recently with DISH network. In the first two weeks my phone started blowing up. I ignored them at first, then was so annoyed i decided to talk to them. Turns out, it was DISH calling me to try and sell me the very service i was being trained to do! So they SOLD my personal info within days of hiring me. This is becoming standard procedure in America. This country is disgusting!!!!!
Yikes! Tells you a lot about your employer if the "excrete" where they eat.
Thou shalt worship the allmighty money god, your data is our data.
This make sno sense.
Samsung = Bad...therefore the US is bad? Broken logic at it's finest. Get up off your arse and fix it.
@@bjkarana It's not just them either. The WHOLE WORLD is doing this. When we've gotten to a point we're selling each other out is common practice, id say we're fukd.
Turn off the phone and keep it in a Faraday bag when not in use.
Yes yes YES👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
...unless missing a phone call isn't an option.
For those of us that make things work, it isn’t an option.
@@ericelsberry5585 So you belong to those who are absolutely indispensable, every single cemetery is filled with such and yet life goes on.
@@ericelsberry5585 Make what things work? An entire generation invented and designed many of the things used today without the use of cell phones... I guess they were just better.
Dr. Bob’s security paradox: As convenience increases, security (and privacy) decreases. And vice-versa.
You can delete every single app but your phone is still going to track. This woman's job is irrelevant.
Of course you are not going to be anonymous while using technology. But does that mean we shouldn't minimize the information that's being collected about us? I don't think so.
Beyond the tracking, I'm just exhausted with APPs. That Canadian Airport App broke me (final straw) and now I am done, no more apps. Some store told me I needed an App to do something for buying or ordering things through their store. I have to learn to live without that store's service because I am DONE with Apps.
More people should learn this.
Good for you. The thing that broke me was fast food apps. They literally ask you every time you pull up to order if you're using their app. I asked once if it makes it faster? No. Do they make the food ahead of time? No. I checked their rewards points - practically worthless, takes months to earn a free hash brown. No. I deleted their app. There are some fast food that give really good rewards... so FINE, I will give up some privacy for actually useful rewards and free food. I never give more permissions than necessary, and i ALWAYS choose "this time only" for permissions that activate my phone's sensors (camera, location, etc). I assume they'll keep that data forever, but it's a trade off.
A couple of years ago, a certain movie chain employee told me that I had to download their app in order to order concessions. "You mean I can't walk up to that counter right there and order a drink?(me pointing to the counter ten feet away). Worker: "No. You have to download our app, place the order, and they'll get it ready for you." It was the most asinine thing I had heard in my life. And, no, I absolutely did not download the app. I told them that was stupid and they would never get more of my money for being so stupid.
@@danajarreau4053 Had the same experience with a coffee hut. It became obvious the staff (very young college gals) they didn't know how to process an order other than by the App. I told them Im not going anymore apps and finally she just used her own app on her own phone.
The next time I went there she said the manager told her she's not allowed to do that anymore and customers (like me) would have to do it themselves on their own phone apps or get their own friends or family to..
... i mean I simply stopped going there :(
Almost any business that has an app also has a website, just use that instead. If they really only have an app then avoid it because it’s probably trash.
OH NO! They’re going to know I watched this video!!! 😱😱😱
Government keeps track of us through many means.
She now has me deleting apps on my phone first thing in the morning 😂
Like my security people tell me, "if you are able to do your job, then we aren't doing ours." Everything comes with a price. The only truly secure device is one made out of wood.
Made out of wood, enclosed in a Faraday cage, and buried 50 feet underground.
I'm intrigued by the perception that security compromises productivity. How would you measure this? There's no cosmic law that says security and productivity are inversely related.
For one thing, security redistributes energy consumption. If you're honest and I'm not, you still carry an equal part of the burden of finding cats, motorcycles, and crosswalks that I do. So I guess your ethics are not moving you to the front of the line.
Why would enhanced security interfere with productivity with properly written software? I wonder if it's really just poor connectivity between two software products. That's a programming problem.
The hideous requirement to adopt Electronic Medical Records was partially justified by claiming interconnectivity among various EMR would be extremely useful for the inexpensive and speedy exchange of medical records, lab results, office notes and other features. It's been over a decade and many of these products can't effectively transfer info back and forth.
The only exception IMHO is radiology. A radiologist can read an image from home. Their report can usually be downloaded the next day. There are quite a few imaging programs that allow you to view the actual films on your computer (or tablet or phone). Some can be interfaced into certain EMR products, but once again, if there are 100 different EMR products what company is going to write an interface for each and every one?
If someone comes up with a one-stop-shopping product that automates interconnectivity they might get very wealthy. You can either buy free-standing products with various custom interfaces, or you can buy a single product that plugs into everything.
If well-received, the next step would be to standardize the interface. Guess who that would be?
Termites have entered Chat
Have you ever encountered fire? It's rather fitting that fire is a metaphor for technology, because doing ANYTHING disrupts your privacy somehow. The mere act of existing in advanced, technological society breaches your privacy in a millions ways for every action you take.
Google and Facebook may collect my information, some of which could potentially wind up with people I don't appreciate. Meanwhile my utility company has all of my personal information as well, and they are the targets of hackers all the time. The same goes for my medical insurance and the hospitals. Even walking out my front door puts me in view of thousands of cameras with facial recognition capability.
No amount of hand-wringing over which apps I do or do not use will keep me private. The only real way to make that happen is to live like a tribesman is the Amazon basin. Hell, even then I'd be well known by the entire tribe, so I'd better secluded myself in a yurt somewhere on a desolate mountainside and wait for death.
a piano?
Uhhhhuhuhuh wood.
I keep my phone fairly clean, but after this I did a review and ended up deleting about half a dozen apps. Good advice.
John you rock man. Thanks for keeping it real for all of these decades.
Why should I have to delete every app on my phone just to have my privacy back? Congress MUST pass strong bill to protect our privacy.
John Stossel - i will morn the day when he stops doing this.
Software. He will live Forever.
@@finddeniro Stossware - A computer generated talking head with the illusion of Stossel-level intelligence and humor
Coming soon to a surveillance device near you
What's wrong with him? Why is his speech slurred? 🤔
" Soon, it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen.... "
-Zbigniew Brzezinski
1979
Father of Mika, that media wh-0-re on MSNBC.
True. But just think how convenient everything will be.
Not just the government. I work for private security consulting and we track people on phone apps as well.
As do private citizens who get hold of spy software and then discuss your private life, your every move, everything, in private Facebook groups for that one opportunity to bring you down.
The government has complete access to our personal life yet crime is still increasing and missing persons cases keep going unsolved smh
And that should scare the hell out of you. Did u ever wonder WHY they r obcessed with negative impact control over every single human being?
Our government must be extremely bored.
Had to laugh...my thoughts exactly...if someone was tracking me they would kill themselves from boredom.
The great irony is that, back in the day when AT&T was "The Evil Empire", Google's motto was "Don't be evil".
She is pretty and smart... and I am a fan now. We should not need to worry about privacy with phones and apps. We need regulations in effect, transparency, and all phone must be able to show exactly what the apps are accessing, why, and when.
Naomi is a great privacy advocate who gives a lot of accessible, actionable information. Her passion is engaging.
Thanks for putting this out there.
Google is not just an advertising agency, it is a military agency, made in DARPA
i love DARPA. Especially in the springtime.... the magnolias, the temperate weather, the white beaches!
I just deleted Chrome app and it felt great
The phone feels lighter already 😊. Love that
Naomi’s hair looks gorgeous!
Ultimate life hack to avoid electronic monitoring from your phone: leave the phone at home.
If I want music or video to watch on public transport, I download at home, then turn off WiFi, BT and mobile data. Smart phone becomes dumb phone.
@@OpinionFactCheckerthey showed that as soon as you reconnect the phone uploads all the data points. They know where your phone went even turned off.
Part of the problem is now you almost have to get tickets to events texted to your smartphone. Your smartphone becomes the ticket, and thus, indispensable. And also as others have mentioned, sometimes you need it to eat at restaurants to see the menu. Avoid those places and those kinds of tickets you may say, but I say it's likely only a matter of time until most or all of ticket venues and restaurants become this way and smartphones are then required to go out in public.
what about u car its tracking u.
She's a doll!
Exactly! She has that classic charm from the 80s. This does something to a man. I have a crush haha
Evermore beautiful absolutely 🧡
and revealing blouse.
@@FleetingDream755 Yes, I've noticed American women have a distinct lack of feminine charm. They've imbibed so much feminist propaganda that they don't even want to be women anymore.
John, if you really want to get truly in depth with this subject matter, I highly recommend you do an interview with Louis Rossmann.
@rossmanngroup - hopefully he will see it, and I agree.
Tbh I feel like she knows a lot more about this stuff than he does? He covers a lot of important stuff related to technology and freedom, but she's more focused on the particular issue of privacy.
@@raskolnikov3799 You obviously haven't watched many John Stossel interviews. That's his " shtick ". He does a really good job at making sure he doesn't transmit personal bias to the story and forces you to think for yourself... you know, actual journalism.
If you're looking for conformational bias, John Stossel will disappoint you 🤣
@@kyzercube lol weirdly aggressive response. I've watched lots of his interviews, and also most videos from Rossmann. And again, about this issue, I think Brockwell is better qualified. People who different beliefs from you aren't always uninformed 🤷♀️.
@@raskolnikov3799 I fail to understand how you derived a comment I made expressing neutrality and shrinking of the talking head as " aggressive ".
Are you the type that depends on others telling you what is and what is not instead of you figuring things out for yourself?
Bottom line, our worst enemy is laziness and giving to much trust to companies that see us as a💲💲sign. They all want to monetize the relationship by hook or by crook.
In Washington State a woman received a FINE for having an unlicensed dog in King County.
Why?
Because the Safeway app reported to the county that she was buying a plethora of Dog Products.
The products were for her friend's dog, not her own, but it took her almost a year to convince the county that she did not own a dog.
Seattle Times November 2 2016
Your grocery bill may help King County track unlicensed pets
What 😲?!?
We are supposed to be secure in our "papers" from unreasonable search..... shouldn't thay go fo digital papers?
Sounds like an urban legend. I'd love to see where you got this info.
Edit: I've since tried looking up ANY similar story in multiple ways and there's not one story like this. Only that Safeway app was overcharging people.
@@EricRedbear Not to say your misinformed, but I remember watching a YT video which implicated ULA for defamation concerning SpaceX's plan to land boosters. Now, you can't find that video anywhere. It's been scrubbed from the internet.
Source?
It would've been nice to address the "no big deal" argument
I think he did. By this I mean that it seems familar to me him covering this. Presumably in his previous video about this topic with Naomi.
Why doesn't she cover permissions? I have my location, camera & microphone turned off for everything except when I need them, then "one time use."
Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Implementing now!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I’ve heard it still didn’t stop them from tracking/monitoring.
@@mkjohnson7826That’s true in some cases. But for apps that we really don’t want to get rid of, being able to turn off permissions is better than nothing.
Thank you both so much❤
Great video. Entertaining and informative. Stossel knows how to prod at people to get valuable answers without being antagonistic.
The problem is that you literally cannot delete Google Chrome (or several other google apps) from Android phones normally.
You can at least disable them and uninstall their updates. The reason you can't fully uninstall them is that manufacturers put many pre-installed apps in the "system" partition, which is read-only.
True. However, you can disable them or choose not to use them. I never uninstalled Chrome, but I replaced my default browser with Brave and haven't opened Chrome in years.
I agree with your point that it is nefarious to prevent me from installing an app. Android users also have few competitors to Google maps when it comes to accuracy and convenience. You always pay for your apps. If you aren't paying money, you are paying in information and/or watching ads. There are a few apps (like Signal and Brave) that we can enjoy for free because of donations. They'll nag you once a year to donate. If you like using the app, you should donate, but payment isn't required.
Interesting. Any suggestions? @@asaultikk
Is this why Android phones are better?
I got a new car lease last year. Honda no longer has an installed GPS. You have to connect to Google Maps or some other GPS app. I'm sick of this crap.
I have a friend who has taken this advice to heart. She has a phone, laptop, and desktop that are virtually unusable in the modern world. She wants to be able to get directions when she drives, but she doesn't want to allow the phone to know her location. She wants the ability to make video calls on her laptop and desktop, but she doesn't want these computers to have access to her webcam or microphone. If you want to put these devices to use, you have to be willing to make compromises. And Naomi Brockwell and her ilk do not seem to understand this.
I'd be impressed if this didn't look and sound exactly like an ad for Brave, Apple Maps, Proton, etc.
I was quite stunned when I realized that my phone was "backing up" all of my data to the cloud without my permission or knowledge. Apparently it's a service from the cell ISP. The guy at the cell phone store just happened to tell me when I was checking out a new phone and asked me if I wanted to opt out. I still have no idea what happened to that data. Astonishingly, now my phone has a notification that I cannot clear complaining that I am not backing up my data to the ISP's cloud backup service. What happens if you buy one of the new Samsung AI phones?
My mum will be retiring in a few years and she had this issue too when she moved from Verizon to Mint Mobile, and from their device to my first OnePlus handmedown.
It was simply a matter of downloading all the data from her cloud on the old device, then closing the cloud account, deleting the app, and copying all the data from the old phone to the new one.
The price drop from $90 a month to $15, plus 5 gigs of 5G data, was nice too.
Wow. It's mind blowing to me that networks are so invasive on devices in some countries. The networks here had a very limited honeymoon period where they could bundle devices with their lines, but lucky for us, the grey market quickly outperformed them before smartphones became a thing. To this day, the few phones they sell are stock retail units with no additional services built in to the operating system.
how ironic that this video is being uploaded to UA-cam😂
For how long?
Because it's got the biggest reach. There is no comparable alternative. Plan on inventing one that's better and will outpace it overnight?
@@maidenminnesota1 google didn't become the biggest overnight. The next youtube replacement won't get there either.
@@maidenminnesota1rumble and also twitter is becoming a good place to watch videos.
So, I would like this "expert" to explain the actual negative impacts of being tracked. Instead, she outlines how to make your life less convenient to prevent a perceived but undefined threat. The real concern is being tracked and monitored by the government, and I have a hard time thinking that deleting Google maps is going to prevent the government knowing where you are and where you have been. If your phone is turned on, they know where you are. Same thing goes for your communications, if you make a call, or send an email or text unencrypted, no matter what platform you use the NSA is collecting it. She means well, but this privacy ship has sailed and is well beyond the horizon.
We may not be able to avoid the NSA data collection, short of using no devices, but the data collected by apps is being sold to make you the commodity. Also, you are being profiled, and that data can and is being used to predict your actions. Maybe you're OK with that but I am not.
The negative is having random entities know every single iota of information down to the time you poop. She also explained that many of these data purchasing companies are shells pretending to be data collectors selling your information for nefarious purposes.
@@BunE22 you're going to be advertised to on the internet no matter what, so you'd rather have less ads relevant to you? That's the sole purpose of data collection / selling. The internet and what it offers is not 'free'. You are the product because you are a consumer. Doesn't mean you have to buy anything the internet advertises, but you're kidding yourself if you think deleting apps or using 'safe' browsers is actually doing anything for you in the long run.
Governments and agencies know where you are or what you've done regardless of how much you help them out in the process.
Resistance is futile, eh?
Ikr 😂
Apple Maps being "on-par" with Google Maps is the most laughable statement I have ever heard.
Im totally oblivious to the ins and outs of my phone. I wish this young lady was here to guide me through this mess! Good video as always!! Thank you!!
She’s got her own channel here on YT. It’s called NBTV.
The demand from so many fast food restaurants that want you to sign up just to look at the menu with prices as if you are starting an order instead of just looking, is annoying and is collecting e mail addresses. 😂
Subway used to offer a free cookie (the ones you eat) in exchange for your email address. I asked the girl behind the counter if Subway really thought I'd sell myself for a cookie--she just shrugged.
@@diirtburns A very healthy way of thinking. Glad you knew better.
I was just at a resort in Mexico and everything was through the resorts app, no menus in any restaurants, all on the app
@@AH-lw2bj So you don't get the menus if you don't have a phone? Wow.
@@thetaekwondoe3887 seems everyone has a phone though, you can also see everything on the website if you don't want to download the app...
The only thing I didn't like was that in the restaurants everyone has their heads in their phones to order, but that's not any different from any other time where everyone is on their phone
I love all of his responses…. Totally logical… “But I love Google… I love BlaBlaBla…”. Real clear arguments…
But, but I have nothing to hide 😂