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'Someone's always watching': Gen Z is spying on each other
(www.sfgate.com)
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If cell phones weren't as ubiquitous as they are now I can definitely see it not being an issue in the past. But with literally everything being online and on our phones I could easily see something going badly. Like, I don't think you can even buy maps at gas stations or rest stops in the US these days and those things used to be everywhere. And without being able to use GPS, call someone, and in some peoples cases won't even be able to buy anything since there are so many people that rely on things like Apple Pay, there are so many things that can go wrong with one point of failure. Most people wouldn't even know what day of the month it is or even how much money they have without their phone.
One of the reasons I keep a map in my car, which I've actually had to use a couple times when my phone died on a long drive.