Surveillance capitalism is often a source of making us feel like we're doomed. Every action we take is being watched. Every post, click as well as every location that we visit is tracked. To track and exploit, to manipulate and influence us, corporations and governments accumulate all the data that they can. How bad is it? Data of individuals has been used to influence elections and to sell them things that prey on their deepest insecurities. The situation is becoming more dire. Insurance companies make use of algorithms that look at your personal data to figure out the amount you'll be charged for insurance. The companies can monitor your online activities, which includes your level of education, television habits, purchases and marital history. The algorithm could see that you're at a high risk of developing depression If your purchases contain larger-sized clothing or if you recently got a divorce. An insurance company could be very expensive to cover mental health services. So they make you pay more. It's a lot of amusement. What can we do? It appears that everything we do and everything we do adds to the database of data on the internet. There isn't much we can do about it. Don't let go of your privacy at this point. It might feel like you're in a losing fight however, you have a chance of making an impact for yourself. It's impossible to completely get off the grid. There are still a few ways you can go. Here are 3 steps that I've taken to ensure you can.
Step 1 Understand the procedure of the collection of data
Knowing how your information is being used is the first step in fighting this. It is likely that you are aware that all information you upload online (private and public) can be traced and stored. This includes all social media, emails, posts , as well as WhatsApp messages as well as browsing history. In a more fundamental sense, it's helpful to know that data can be gathered through everything you do on the internet. The companies are becoming more clever each day when it comes to the way they gather your information.
Google is just one example. They continue to find new ways in which to obtain your information. Google Street View cars, that are able to travel the globe making photos, were discovered to stealthily scan WiFi networks to gather private information about you. Google Glass wearable technology allows them to gain access to private spaces. Google Home is always listening to your every word as long as you're connected. Google's parent firm Alphabet Inc. owned Niantic. It launched Pokemon Go in 2016. This game not only used your phone's camera, GPS, to help you locate Pokemon but also provided a way to see the private areas and reach the nooks and crannies otherwise undiscovered. Google may also see Pokemon Go as a test to determine whether users could be manipulated digitally to go where they want. These companies are sly therefore it is important to always be conscious of what data you could be sharing whenever you are accessing the internet.
Step 2 - Find out the process for tracking your data
It's obvious that information about you are being collected. But how is it used?
Your entire digital footprint is being watched by the big five (Google, Facebook Apple, Microsoft, Microsoft and Amazon). Your information is stored and gathered via email, social media, streaming, browsing and gaming. These five big players have a monopoly over the data market. This means that they can easily develop data links. Facebook has its own social media platform and also owns WhatsApp and Instagram. Facebook makes it simple to join accounts on these three platforms to create a single profile. This can include all data sources. If you are using Facebook to log in to your Spotify and other accounts, you'll soon will have an abundance of data points that are being delivered to the storehouse. To ensure that your data doesn't become an exhaustive record of your activities in the future, you must remove the links between the data points. This means that you have to segregate your data so that these links cannot be constructed. But this can be difficult. People take this very serious, and try to remove any digital footprints which could be used to trace their movements and activities. This can include creating multiple online identities using cash rather than card and using different phone and email addresses to serve different purposes. This is difficult for most. This means it would be almost impossible to access your Facebook or Google accounts at this time.
What can you instead do?
Step 3. Make a couple of digital adjustments
"The people will be split between those who are more convenient and those who prefer to remain private." -- Niels O. Finnemann
How much convenience would you be willing to give up in exchange for your privacy. You're probably not willing to give up that too much.
Here are a few steps I have implemented to help me gain some privacy. This will allow you to have more control over what data is sent to these companies.
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DuckDuckGo -- A safer search engine
Your online searches reveal the most about you. The results of your search can reveal your deepest thoughts, concerns, as well private moments. It's easy to make your web searches private thanks to its simplicity. DuckDuckGo provides similar results and can also be utilized as a substitute for Google search engine. DuckDuckGo is a private search engine that lets you find items without being traced. It offers encryption for websites and stops trackers.
Brave - Safer Internet Browser
Google can track you even if you use DuckDuckGo's Chrome web browser. You should use a secure browser and doesn't allow the tracking of. The best choice is Tor however, it could take some setting up and getting familiar with. Brave is my favorite out of the box browser. It's fast and secure, as well as private. Brave is also available for Android, iOS and Mac OS X.
Bromite is the most popular Android browser
The mobile browser is among the most popular. It also includes advertising blocker and enhanced privacy. Unfortunately this option is only available for Android.
Telegram -- A superior mobile messaging app
It's difficult to transfer your chats to a mobile application. This involves getting everyone on board. Most people continue to use WhatsApp and are hesitant to switch. For privacy and security, Signal is your best choice. Signal isn't used often and doesn't have enough features to cause users to abandon their current apps.
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