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Ben

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Your Phone is a Narc!
« on: September 30, 2021, 08:12:12 AM »
A research study claims that your phone can, with a 90% success rate,  narc on you for smoking the marijuana cigarettes:

https://www.gizbot.com/internet/news/smartphones-can-now-detect-if-users-are-high-on-marijuana-077081.html

I heard it on the news this morning, and the research is apparently out of Rutger's. One of the pundits made a good point though - the cops don't need to analyze your phone's sensors, they just need to check your Uber Eats app to see how many pizzas you ordered.  :laugh:
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Re: Your Phone is a Narc!
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2021, 08:41:37 AM »
I figure either some security will get built into smartphones in the future or people will stop carrying them.  I would say we could go back to dumb flip phones, but there is no guaranty they wouldn't have the same stuff running in the background. 
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Re: Your Phone is a Narc!
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2021, 09:45:52 AM »
Your texts to your drug dealer are far more likely to narc on you than anything else, especially if he gets picked up.
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