Topic: Cell Phone Users

Reports from NTD and Epoch Times highlight a suspicious drop of 21 million cell phone subscriptions in China during the early stages of the pandemic in 2020. While Chinese citizens use phones for essential services, the sharp decline suggests a much higher death toll than officially reported. The hosts revisit this statistic, which they first covered in early 2020, as a potential indicator of the CCP's lack of transparency.

The government and major carriers are creating a national database of cell phones, ostensibly to track stolen devices. The hosts argue this is actually a setup for "User Managed Access" (UMA), a protocol allowing carriers to act as middlemen for personal data. They warn that this system will allow phone companies to further monetize and control user information.