Privacy for Superman
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So my cell phone contract expired about a month ago now, and I thought I’d give life a shot minus the long arm of AT&T. I purchased a Skype number, so as not to fall entirely incommunicado, but my days are largely spent without the luxury of instant telecommunication. Overall, things have gone smoothly, but my lack of a phone has led to a series of revelations. Most apparent is the lack of payphones in Portland, which had me walking all the way to Union Station to make a phone call (a fair walk from where I was located). Perhaps it’s my unhealthy love of noir detective stories, but the death of the payphone is troubling to me.
Sure, wifi will soon make even cell phones irrelevant, so bemoaning the loss of the payphone is a little … Continue Reading
