Social Media allows us instant and easy communication wherever we go. We’re able to connect with one another in real-time and find our communities. This can either exist between a business and a customer or amongst your friends.
But did you also know...
These social networking platforms are just another way to store your personal information. Facebook, for instance, recently was accused of tracking users information, reading text messages, recording from microphones on their cellular devices, and even monitoring calls. Many large social media companies violate the privacy policy without us even knowing.
mobile devices
Nowadays, smartphones serve more importance than just the ability of making or receiving calls but offer such capabilities like navigation, information/internet, camera, utilities, enter- tainment, social media and so much more.
But did you also know...
These devices are just another way for companies to collect your information and profit from it. Google for instance, is able to store your daily movement through your location. Even if you have your location history off, some google apps automatically store your time-stamped data without asking the user. Face- book also was able to access Android user’s text messages and iPhone users photos. These companies will stop at nothing to track you.
bluetooth smart speaker
Smart speakers are devices that give us a hands-free interface that can perform tasks that used to require a screen or additional input devices such as a mouse or keyboard. They have gained popularity due to the many conveniences and benefits they bring to make day to day tasks a little easier.
But did you also know...
These devices are essentially a microphone that records your conversations making it accessible to big corporate companies stores this data in means to profit from it. Amazon reportedly hires people to listen to what customers say to Alexa which runs the risk of your own security by allowing these devices to live in your very home.
desktop computer
A desktop computer is a great device that allows you to con- veniently perform tasks in the comfort of your home. Well known companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Google all sell computers that cater to your individual needs.
But did you also know...
A computer is just another device that allows these larger companies to collect your personal data and profit from it. Microsoft can access your Bing searches,voice commands to Cortana, private communications like email content, OneDrive documents, data collected, and who knows what else. The Windows 10 was accused of having access to all this information as well.
search engine
The possibilities are endless when it comes to using google search. It’s essentially free information that is always accessible so long as you have a screen and wifi. Google is said to excel in producing high quality results and indexes more pages.
But did you also know...
Google is able to store all this information, from every single website you visited, your youtube searches and all the videos you watched, your location, device information, IP address, cookie data, to all your recent google searches. Google then uses this information to analyze and categorize you to boost their advertising revenue.
