You are Being Followed

Then how come they can never find anybody without somebody giving them the information....

Fourth Amendment protections only apply to government intrusion; not corporate intrusion.
And I believe those protections from government intrusions vanish when there is no reasonable expectation of privacy.

So a Peeping Tom is not breaking the law?

There is definitely an expectation of privacy in your home,and your car,and you should be able to go anywhere without being followed.What if someone in a car followed you in your car everywhere you went,every day,24/7? That is called stalking.

What if someone had microphones in every room of your home?

Would that bother you?

Everything you buy now is internet connected,all appliances,tools etc.

I will just keep repairing my old stuff till parts are no longer available.

My old stand-by 1959 F100 Ford pickup,with points,plugs,condenser,carb.

Straight six cylinder workhorse.

The odometer has turned over so many times it is worn out and does not work anymore.

I have newer vehicles,but this one is an old friend that never lets me down.

If we are ever hit by an EMP from a solar flare event or enemies,it will still run.

So how do you post messages on CR4, smoke signals?

No.

Drums.

The vibrations are passes along by the friends in my network to a remotes server with a VPN,which is connected to another VPN,and another and another,and they rotate locations at a random rate.

Just kidding..I don't know what I am talking about.I just don't put anything on the web that I do not want to live forever.

When I put anything on the web I am aware that it is in the public domain and there is no expectation of privacy,even with TORR..That is different than a conversation in your living room.Get it?

Of course, I get it. If the curtains are drawn on your living room and bedroom windows then you should expect privacy. If you can look out from either room onto a public space and see people's faces when those curtains are open then you should be decently clothed when the curtains are open. You shouldn't frighten the horses.

There is an obligation to obtaining privacy.

The problem is you cannot close the curtains on the new internet-enabled devices.

Maybe you can't close internet curtains but it can be done. Therein lies your point. Many IoT programmers do not provide proper security in their products the public can utilize or even comprehend. They only provide convenience for the user without any filtering of who is considered a user.

Just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean that they're not out to get you.

iik ...mummy

so don't do anything you don't want to see in your portfolio ?

GD chinese -- https://www.delfi.lt/en/politics/probe-in-lithuania-chinese-5g-smartphones-pose-cyber-security-risks.d?id=88245089

"LED lights can also be used as information transmitters and receivers. Who ever disassembles a LED light to examine the internals carefully?Even then,the functions could be embedded in a tiny circuit."
Interesting; but why not just modulate the input voltage on the LED transmitter? Either FMod or AMod should work.
Or just light the place up with a high density field and listen to the induced currents in any of the many of usable conductors probably present?
Privacy is a moot point; unless you have a ton of money forget about it.
Hell, I don't even bother turning off the mikes in my security cameras. I figure if the technically capable are interested in me they would just turn them back on again anyway.
If you stay checked-out from the B.S. what difference does it make?

Modulating the current to lights was used many years ago with fluorescent lights to communicate with product shelf labels,back when "C" was the major programming language.

It was used to update prices of products automatically without having to print and install regular labels on the shelves.

Each shelf display had a software addressable label.

Game shows used the blanking interval t on tv's to allow participants at home to play the game.The data was sent to the receiving console.

That technology was one-way only.That was okay.

Now it is 2 way.Not okay with me.

I would not like to take a dump in public;Not that I am doing anything wrong,but everybody's business is nobody's business,if you will pardon the pun.

All the info gathered is stored and can be reviewed and filtered at leisure.

In the hands of a future hostile government this could be very dangerous.

Government employees for instance, could be targeted,as well as anyone else that presented a possible potential threat to the current regime.

Creating a virus that would only affect an individual's personal DNA is possible,maybe not yet,but in the future.

Resistance would truly be futile.

Turn the corner,the collective awaits.

The great dichotomy of science and engineering. You cannot see the light without being exposed to the darkness.

Please feel free to share that with anyone who gives a damn.

One of these helps ensure that Smart TV really is OFF. Or any other annoying electronic appliance. Saves a few watts too.

Most UK wall sockets incorporate switches:-

This "universal" sockets appears to me to be USA plug compatible

BG Nexus 827L

I was referring to when the TV is on,and the option to turn off voice monitoring is turned "off" via software.

It is very simple to change a status indicator on screen from "ON' to "OFF" without actually performing the function indicated.

(Show the customer what they want to see, make them relax,then do as you please.)

There is no true escape from the "Grid" anymore,unless you live in a cave and eat nuts and berries.

And even then,like bears,salmon,and hundreds of other species you may be captured and embedded with a chip.

This may sound like paranoia run amok,but in 50 years or less,non-tagged humans may be considered criminals and hunted like animals are today.

Today,trackers smaller than a speck of pepper are available,so when you season your food,you may be tracked.

So who wants to know where 300 million people go,and who has time to review this data?

No one.Programs are written to screen for key words in a conversation,a net of sorts,and the whole conversation is marked for further analysis.

Advertisers can use this to send appropriate ads to potential customers.

If I mention a trip to the Bahamas,or Paris, in my home,to my wife,within a few hours there are cookies or pop ups offering deals on travel and accommodations.

I have baited this with false narrative for testing.

You should try it.

Wait a minute.. a van just pulled up in my driveway...are these men dressed in white gowns coming to take me away?

"(Some say I am paranoid,but they are just jealous because they can't hear the voices.)"---unknown

Cheer up.Life is short.Eat dessert first.

When we focus on the darkness; it envelopes us.
Intrusion technology now comes in the form of a "cookie."
So what.
If you cant work through it, work around it; but continue the work.
Remember the skunk and crowd analogy. Where there is a crowd in a fenced area and in one corner of the fence is a skunk. If you tangle with the skunk you will get the stink all over you, and probably a lot of other people. It is best just to just point at the skunk and plainly and clearly state; "There is a skunk over there;" and get on with life.