tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post4804575565136179824..comments2024-03-25T15:31:12.151-07:00Comments on We Live In A Political World: #174 / 5G Wireless Coming SoonGary A. Pattonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15049925834933920507noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-15337439443979858072018-06-23T10:09:32.543-07:002018-06-23T10:09:32.543-07:00The Precautionary Principle is particularly pertin...The Precautionary Principle is particularly pertinent for cell phone technology, which serves no essential purpose for human health and well-being and degrades the biosphere for all life across the planet.<br /><br />My wife and I have never had a cell phone and never will. Our telephone set plugged securely into the wall is all we need to handle the two or three phone calls a week that we receive or originate. No one needs to be in touch 24 hours a day to answer the ubiquitous question, "Where are you?"<br /><br />The vast majority of cell phone calls are useless trivia and meaningless chatter. Weighing this against the fact that cell phones make possible massive government and industry surveillance of cell phone users' content and metadata (who, what, when and where) means that cell phone users (95% of Americans now own a cellphone of some kind.*) are enabling the weakening of the Constitution of the United States and its guarantees against unreasonable search and seizure.<br /><br />Cell phone technology is a threat to our political well being, whether or not it affects our physical health.<br /><br />* http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheet/mobile/Michael Lewishttps://malanlewis.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com