Dec 29 2005
Why do people think no one’s listening to their cell phone conversations?
I found this article while reading Geek News Central. I have never understood why people have some expectation of privacy while on a cell phone. When the average person gets on the cell phone, they tend to tune out the outside world, and expect the outside world to tune them out. And in general, this is a reasonable expectation; no one cares if your talking to your kids about their chores, or your buddy about Sunday’s football game. But those expectations are false when your talking about personal information. You are broadcasting to everyone close enough to hear your voice, and while a number of automatic filters click into place for the average person while talking about minutia, when you start talking about your bank account, a lot of people start listening. The illusion of privacy is just that, an illusion, and if you’re talking about something interesting, people will listen. And there are a lot of people who will find your bank account information interesting.
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