Mobile phones are spying on us, warns Talk Talk boss
He is the co-founder of one of Britain’s biggest mobile phone companies, Carphone Warehouse, which has turned him into a billionaire.
Now, sir Charles Dunstone, who is the chairman of TalkTalk, has expressed fears that technology could turn against him.
‘ Definitely with computers and mobiles we are being spied on with their own cameras and recorders. You have to be careful,’ he warns.
‘Look at Facebook founder [Mark] Zuckerberg — even he tapes over the camera on his devices. it worries me. i mean, the average man, or even woman, might look at porn through apps and everything you do is being recorded.
‘i’m a married man with a young family, so i don’t do that, but it is a worry and it’s too late to do anything about it. Big Brother is already with us!’
Keen sailor sir Charles, 52, was speaking at the Blue Marine Foundation Boat international Ocean Awards at Restaurant Ours in London’s Chelsea when he expressed his concern.
Uppingham- educated sir Charles co-founded his original mobile phone business in 1989, working out of a chum’s Marylebone flat with a £6,000
loan — and his prescience earned him a fortune.
After years of dating a succession of gorgeous girls, the affable entrepreneur is happily married to City PR executive Celia Gordon Shute. They live in Norfolk with their three young children. ‘I’m living a lovely life now,’ he enthuses.
Sir Charles is still concerned about the economy, mind you.
‘Re Brexit, I think the worst is yet to come — we’ve been flung off a skyscraper and we are down to the 50th floor, but the pavement is coming . . . ’
But his phone does come in handy for following Donald Trump on Twitter. He adds: ‘God knows why he can’t be more presidential like Obama.’