According to a January Wall Street Journal item, many Japanese men reject smartphones for low-tech 2002 Fujitsu cellphones, because it can help philanderers keep their affairs from lovers’ prying eyes. The phones lack sophisticated tracking features — plus, a buried “privacy” mode gives off only stealth signals when lovers call and leaves no trace of calls, texts or emails. A Fujitsu senior executive said, “If Tiger Woods had [this phone], he wouldn’t have gotten in trouble.”
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