The line between helpful tech and quiet surveillance is blurring — and our devices no longer feel fully under our control.

  • Joelk111@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Do any cell phone plans allow for unlimited Hotspot data? That’s my largest issue with doing that, I use more than 50GB every single month.

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      16 hours ago

      Huh

      Maybe it’s different in other countries, but why would there be a different allowance for tethered/hotspot data?

      Surely unlimited means unlimited and it makes no difference whether the ones and zeros go to a phone or something connected to it?

      I’ve never had any problems

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        10 hours ago

        I think the logic would be that it’s easier to use more data on a computer and while using multiple devices. On my phone I sometimes get full speeds while tethered, and sometimes get half a Mbps.