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Apple know what they are doing. Don't fool yourself by giving plausible excuses. The further away you are from your phone the more privacy you will have.

Almost everyone was traced back to the Jan 6th insurrection, because unlike antifa they took their phones with them, so easy trace for government. Now they are in solitary confinement in prison while the world loughs at their expectations of privacy from their phones.

If they get a covid passport implemented, you won't be able to go out in public without your phone to prove you've been vaccinated. So leaving a phone behind will not be much of an option if this is to pass. Metadata and contact tracing will keep track of everyone you're near. This dystopian future is possibly just a few weeks away.




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