smartphones

Disappearance of public telephone in Singapore

| Little Maple
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In recent years, the public telephone are getting lesser in Singapore. Numerous amount of the telephone were removed by the authorities. As technology are getting more and more advance, many people nowadays have their own mobile device to contact their loved ones, which therefore the needs of having telephone in public places are not very demanding now. However, I believe there is still a need to have public telephones in public places. There are still people who don’t have their own mobile device. Few examples like the children whose parent refuse to give them a phone for the reason that they are too young, the low income foreign workers who can’t afford to purchase a phone, and the elderly who don’t know how to use mobile phone.

Some parent refuse to give their child a phone for the reason that they are too young.
I had spoken to some renovation worker. They can’t afford to purchase a mobile phone, they will use public telephone to contact their family back in Bangladesh.
There are still elderly who don’t know how to use the mobile phone. They will use public or home telephone to contact their family and friends.
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For their cases, the only option for them is to use public telephone to contact their family or friends when hanging out away from home. Or otherwise, use the telephone at home. However, some elderly in Singapore does not own any telephone and telephony line service at home. My elder neighbor is one example; she feels that it’s unnecessary to sign up for the line services as she don’t use the phone very often. When she wants to place a call, she prefer to use the public telephone because it is much cheaper.

Public telephone not only benefits these people, it also helps people when their phone’s battery had dried out. If they needs to contact someone urgently at the moment, they can use the public telephone. The public telephone in Singapore were removed massively in recent years. Thus, increasing the difficulties to find them. Although they are not demanding nowadays, but I hope the authorities can stop removing them and install an appropriate amount of telephone in public places that are easier for the elderly, children and foreign worker to reach.

Tips for having more privacy on social media

| Little Maple

You have social media account but you want to have more privacy while using them. You have certain information you would like to share with your friends but not with the stranger. Here are some tips for you.

  1. Block unwanted people
    Did you dislike anyone in your school or work? Just block them to protect yourself and your privacy on social media.
  2. Set your post to private
    This will work for social media like Facebook or Instagram. Do this so that the strangers, your enemies and your boss will not see your daily life. If you are a going to have an interview for new job, do hide your post before you apply for a job, because the company you went for interview may try to search your profile online. If you are a student, your teacher may also search for your profile too.
  3. Hide your friends list from public
    This will work for Facebook users. Avoid reveal your friends list to stranger. It can help to prevent online criminal or your enemies to take advantage and reduce the risk of fraud.
  4. Use nick name for your social media account
    If possible, use your nick name to name your social media account. This can prevent the people you dislike from finding you online easily. Usually, many people who have nick name were only known by their family and relatives. Your friend can find you on social media if they are aware of your nick name.
  5. Use browser which won’t collect your information
    Did you know? Some browser will collect your information for marketing purposes. This is why there are ads related to your recent search are displaying on the web page. You can prevent this by getting yourself a browser which will not track your digital footprint. You can also use VPN to prevent revealing of digital footprint when surfing the web.
  6. Disable location tracking in your camera
    Your smartphone’s camera have a feature which can record down your location in the photograph when you snap photo. If you publish photo with location recorded on the social media, the social media can reveal where the photo was taken at. Some social media platform will state the location below the photo. The location tracking in the camera can be disabled in your phone’s setting. This applies to both IOS and Android smartphone.