@LnzyHou Terrorists, apparently.

@LnzyHou Hospital staff, criminals, and apparently, terrorists.

They can't be tracked, good for, well, people who don't want to be tracked.

Their frequencies can pass through thick walls that block cellular. Good for hospital staff. And people who spend a lot of time in bunkers.

I knew medical folks use them, assumed others who didn't want to be traced did too.

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Any hospital staff I know use smart phones.

@LnzyHou Me too. But, I helped a doctor out with some tech stuff a few years ago, and he carried a pager. The hospital he worked with had lots of cellular dead zones. Likely due to older construction techniques, with a thick concrete exterior. I had no clue. Here's a short NPR story about it...

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/15/1219737658/why-do-doctors-still-use-pagers

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Exception not the rule.

@LnzyHou @kay_dub @LiberalLibrarian Smart phones are mediocre replacements for many things, including cameras, phones, and pagers. Same or similar results, but far different technology inside makes for varying limitations.

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For me, limitations are overcome by convenience.