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← Anecdotal evidence is insufficient to prove that phones are listening.
17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 10 May 2016 to 27 Sept 2026.
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Read this korrent: Anecdotal evidence is insufficient to prove that phones are listening.
Anecdotal evidence is insufficient to prove that phones are listening.
Last stated 6 days ago
27 Sept 2026
MB
Matt Birchler — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Getting phone notifications on your face is not a valuable proposition, so heads-up display glasses will not become a widespread behaviour. — tap to centre the map on it
Getting phone notifications on your face is not a valuable proposition, so heads-up display glasses will not become a widespread behaviour.
Last stated 5 months ago
26 Apr 2026
ES
Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The evidence that scrolling social media delivers dopamine hits is not really very strong, whatever the popular story says. — tap to centre the map on it
The evidence that scrolling social media delivers dopamine hits is not really very strong, whatever the popular story says.
Last stated a month ago
24 Aug 2026
MH
Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The claim that smartphones are causing the rise in teen mental health problems lacks robust supporting evidence. — tap to centre the map on it
The claim that smartphones are causing the rise in teen mental health problems lacks robust supporting evidence.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
14 Sept 2026
PB
Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most people believe their smartphone is indeed a real computer — tap to centre the map on it
Most people believe their smartphone is indeed a real computer
Last stated 3 years ago
26 Jan 2024
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-01-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Preferring iPhones for their blue message bubbles is a matter of social conditioning rather than the phones' actual merits. — tap to centre the map on it
Preferring iPhones for their blue message bubbles is a matter of social conditioning rather than the phones' actual merits.
Last stated 8 months ago
3 Feb 2026
TY
Tynan — holds since 2026-02-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Smartphones and social media amplify the youth mental health crisis but are not its root cause. — tap to centre the map on it
Smartphones and social media amplify the youth mental health crisis but are not its root cause.
Last stated 3 months ago
27 Jun 2026
AG
Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: One vivid, disturbing case outweighs all the statistics in how people judge a technology, and that instinct should be resisted rather than indulged. — tap to centre the map on it
One vivid, disturbing case outweighs all the statistics in how people judge a technology, and that instinct should be resisted rather than indulged.
Last stated 2 months ago
20 Jul 2026
PB
Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-07-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An automated follow-up message can make a customer feel heard. — tap to centre the map on it
An automated follow-up message can make a customer feel heard.
Last stated a year ago
11 Sept 2025
JE
Jason Evanish — holds since 2025-09-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can lead its industry on values like privacy and user respect without actually excelling at them — tap to centre the map on it
A company can lead its industry on values like privacy and user respect without actually excelling at them
Last stated 6 months ago
1 Apr 2026
MA
Marco Arment — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that leaks private information faces far more reputational and legal danger than one that gives wrong answers. — tap to centre the map on it
A company that leaks private information faces far more reputational and legal danger than one that gives wrong answers.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
18 Sept 2026
HD
Horace Dediu — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company's terms of service cannot enlarge or shrink your constitutional privacy rights in either direction. — tap to centre the map on it
A company's terms of service cannot enlarge or shrink your constitutional privacy rights in either direction.
Last stated 10 months ago
16 Dec 2025
OK
Orin Kerr — holds since 2025-12-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Telegram has never shared a single private message with anyone, governments and intelligence services included. — tap to centre the map on it
Telegram has never shared a single private message with anyone, governments and intelligence services included.
Last stated a year ago
30 Sept 2025
PD
Pavel Durov — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Telegram is not an encrypted messenger in the sense that matters, because it does not end-to-end encrypt conversations by default. — tap to centre the map on it
Telegram is not an encrypted messenger in the sense that matters, because it does not end-to-end encrypt conversations by default.
Last stated 2 years ago
25 Aug 2024
MG
Matthew Green — holds since 2024-08-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Telegram leaves perhaps 80 percent of its potential revenue on the table by refusing to exploit personal data for advertising. — tap to centre the map on it
Telegram leaves perhaps 80 percent of its potential revenue on the table by refusing to exploit personal data for advertising.
Last stated a year ago
30 Sept 2025
PD
Pavel Durov — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: End-to-end cryptographic signing of requests and responses is more secure than relying on transport-layer encryption like TLS alone. — tap to centre the map on it
End-to-end cryptographic signing of requests and responses is more secure than relying on transport-layer encryption like TLS alone.
Last stated 6 months ago
11 Apr 2026
CP
Colin Percival — holds since 2026-04-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Handling a change of keys is not a backdoor; it is how public-key cryptography works, and interception stays detectable by the sender. — tap to centre the map on it
Handling a change of keys is not a backdoor; it is how public-key cryptography works, and interception stays detectable by the sender.
Last stated 10 years ago
13 Jan 2017
MM
Moxie Marlinspike — holds since 2017-01-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Self-hosted email will never be end-to-end encrypted, and federation is the reason. — tap to centre the map on it
Self-hosted email will never be end-to-end encrypted, and federation is the reason.
Last stated 10 years ago
10 May 2016
MM
Moxie Marlinspike — holds since 2016-05-10 — tap for who they are
same subject or similar wording a cloud: claims about one subject, named for it bar: when it was last stated, on a scale from 2015 to today — full is today a face: someone who holds the claim — tap it for who they are