Years ago, Apple came out with its "there's an app for that" marketing slogan, which, at the time, felt reassuring and maybe a bit playful.

In retrospect, it seems more like a dire warning about what was to come.

Our world has evolved into a place where there truly seems to be an app to handle even some of the most routine functions of daily life. That's often more of a curse than a convenience.

Like a lot of people these days, I'm quite attached to my phone. I use it for everything from accessing work-related news articles to utterly frivolous tasks, like reminding me who took over for Sky Marshal Dienes in the 1997 movie "Starship Troopers." (Spoiler alert: It was Tehat Meru. She had a plan to beat the bugs.)

Yet if I had to pick a relationship status for me and my phone, I'd go with "it's complicated."

Do you own your phone, or does your phone own you?

While there's growing national concern about Flock Safety cameras snooping on us, society seems to have collectively shrugged its shoulders at the notion that phone companies – and whoever they wish to share information with – can use the devices they sell us to track our movements and even listen to our........

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