We’ve been trained to think privacy is a feature you toggle on. In reality, it’s an ongoing negotiation between users, systems, companies, and incentives that rarely align.
What surprised me most here isn’t just the number, roughly 3,400 tracking-related calls per hour, but how invisible they are. A phone sitting quietly on your desk can still be busy talking to the world. Silence, it turns out, is not the same as restraint.
The deeper lesson is about trust. When companies market privacy as a core value, every background behavior becomes part of that promise. Transparency isn’t about fewer connections; it’s about honest ones. Privacy doesn’t fail loudly. It fails politely, efficiently, and at scale.
TL;DR
🧠 Idle devices can still generate massive data traffic
⚡ Volume matters less than visibility and consent
🎓 Privacy is a system design choice, not a settings page
🔍 Trust erodes when defaults do more than users expect
https://www.webpronews.com/iphones-leak-data-via-3400-hourly-tracking-calls-sparking-outrage/
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