[Awelton]

They could at least have the decency to just secretly do it and then pretend like they aren't, like our government does. This is why physical switches and removable batteries are the only way forward.

[AshamedCaptain]

> This is why physical switches and removable batteries are the only way forward.

You'd gain nothing. What are you going to do, remove the battery for a couple hours per day?

And then if there's any crime, the police is going to immediately suspect anyone who had the battery removed from their cell phone at the time, which they can trivially detect.

[jb1991]

what is "our" government? this site is worldwide..

[drannex]

Fairly certain you can apply this to nearly any government.

[baby]

I like this comment because I always assume a majority of people here are Americans, but I'm not, and maybe it's not true anymore.

[13of40]

I've (unfortunately) got a habit of accidentally assuming forums are "in the US". I think I would put it down to a couple of things:

1. Most native English speakers are in the US, so the accidental assumption that someone is American is more often than not correct.

2. The internal voice that reads text to me has a generic male American accent.

[swader999]

Take your pic, most G8-20 are doing this.

[Awelton]

Pick one

[Ycdr4thfdd]

Y Combinator is an American company and the website is hosted in the US.

[djfm]

they have no doubt been doing it, they're just using the panic of a brainwashed population thinking they're on the brink of Islamic revolution to normalize it

[Ialdaboth]

At this point, they don't even need to brainwash anybody - they will just 49/3'd the law and say "xxxx it" to the parliament.

[aio2]

Gonna have to agree to disagree.

I feel it's significantly better to know that someone is doing the spying and all that. Why should they hide that they can spy on whoever they choose? When they don't make clear what happens, we end up in a position where everyone's uncertain. And, as history has shown, it makes things significantly more difficult.

There's no decency in that.

[varispeed]

> and removable batteries

Probably that's why the batteries are not removable in the phones...

[meragrin_]

Nah, profit motive by the companies is reason enough.

[pteraspidomorph]

Soonish?

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230609IP...

[xdrosenheim]

Meh, phones with removable batteries are still being made. Samsung's Galaxy Cover line has plenty of phones with removable batteries. Some even feature the much feared IP68.