We’ve all seen a funny meme or ten joking about how our cellphones are tracking our every thought and move.
All jokes aside… should you be worried?
In one of our most important studies to date, the brand-new January 2024 Socionomist cover story “Big Brother, Strategic Hamlets and Social Mood” researches the history of data collection technologies dating back to the 1960s. What our research discovers is a startling wake-up call.
Writes security consultant and study author Salvador Barragan,
“… with the advent of the modern smartphone in 2007, we are all now carrying something like a Nemo Handy [an Android app that measures wireless diagnostics information] and all it takes is a few lines of code in a time-wasting app to turn our phones into a government surveillance tool.”
If you think you aren’t among the growing number of surveilled users, the January Socionomist reveals how banner ads alone can be skeleton keys into your precise, real-time location.
In addition, the new issue includes a thought-provoking study into how socionomics explains why the outcome of the 2024 Presidential Election – forecast to be a “close race” – took so many pundits by surprise.
And finally, the January 2025 Socionomist’s “On Our Radar” segment addresses the surge in doomsday preppers, the shocking valorization of an alleged murderer, and the growing anti-immigration political movement in Europe.
Include the January Socionomist as part of your well-informed toolkit today via a single-issue purchase — or the full Socionomist subscription.