Twelve Days in Xinjiang....one of the most frightening things I've read recently

[FormerOstrich]

4. You are correct....

I don't think the investments are limited to the US as cell phones are very global.

I think it predates the cell phone era and started with loyalty programs and other methods of capturing and aggregating data about us. We have just willingly volunteered and paid for all of it. I believe the younger generation(s) are even worse. The privacy issues don't even cross their minds.

More and more health insurances are insisting on workplace bio-metric monitoring. Send in your dna for some family history.

All sold as convenience, economical gains, and safety.