> You're in the middle of nowhere with, presumably, people you trust, and if you're intelligent, you're armed and observant, so what's the issue in those use cases? In what case would I pull out my smartphone to speak with people within 100 feet of me though? I've never hiked with people far enough apart that we can't shout to each-other. Still more private and secure to not have the smartphone on me at all.

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Hunting and bird watching come to mind. Yelling to your buddy that there’s a deer heading in the direction of the blind he’s sitting in is probably gonna spook the deer. There are use cases.