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My comment on this post:

Consider the percentage of homes that use cell phones only. (the following link is 5 and a half yrs old!) http://www.cbsnews.com/news/percentage-of-cell-phone-only-us-homes-doubles/

These you well know are a bell around your neck; moreover Caller I.D. built into the latest ones cannot be turned off. Does anyone even question these developments?  F no.

Facial recognition is a small part of the many ways Big Brother already has your number. (Pun intended)

Source: The Surveillance State: The Facial Recognition Nightmare

X here – Additionally, folks are encouraged to link everything together, including your landline.  Eliminating the landline provider is as bad as bundling your phone to their internet “service” just to save money; and there is little “savings”.  If the power goes out at your home, there is no phone service.  http://www.lavasurfer.com/info/replace-landline.html

A more recent post (2014) Suggests landlines are facing extinction:

41% of American homes are now wireless-only

Not good.