Digital Privacy; Is It A Major Concern?

Have You Ever Thought About Your Digital Privacy?

What even is Digital Privacy?

Digital Privacy basically refers to the protection of an individual information that is created when using the internet on either your computer, phone, anything that is able to access the great wide web called the 'Internet'.

Why Is It Even Important?

Digital privacy is a major problem that many of us do not considered seriously. Many if not all of us living in modern countries around the world, constantly using the internet every day. We use the internet at a constant rate that it had became ingrained in our very lives where one HAS to use it rather than going dry. The internet had became something similar to an addiction to all of us and because of that, being able to use it privately and securely is a very important matter. No one likes to be constantly spied on 24/7 a day, especially during ones own 'private' time. Thus, being able to keep away many malicious users away from your important private data like your credit card is something very important that many of us need to considered. Digital privacy is like the lock on your door, to keep away intruders from your house and gaining access inside. Nobody likes an intruder inside their house as they can not only take your property but also your cash and money. However, did you know that while malicious user cannot obtain such important data that does not stop big tech companies access away from your data. Afterall, the property you are using to access the internet had not been created by you but rather those big tech companies.

Article About Digital Privacy:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/16/technology/digital-privacy.html

Are you able to trust tech companies with your private information?

My dear reader, nothing in life can ever be so convent; especially the Internet. Your 'private' data is not truly something you yourself only knows but only you and the company knowing. So the major question remains, are you able to trust these tech companies with your private information? To me, I do not trust tech companies at all with my private information. Afterall why should you keep such data private, it restricts the way in which these tech companies can make a huge profit. Yes, while tech companies should do more to protect our privacy, it still isn’t in their best interest to do so. Tech companies gain most of their capital through advertisement, you’ll gain more money that way then just selling only computers that are insanely secure and efficient. That is why the responsibility of your digital information should fall onto the user's hands and not anyone else's. Using the internet is very similar to using a public community space, you should not use the internet if you have sensitive information you want to put there as the internet, while its convenient it is also a place where it is very convenient for someone wanting your information from across the world to obtain it. It is much safer keeping any sensitive information on hand right beside you rather than someone from across the world being able to access it. As by doing so, it allows for you to lower the range of perpetrators who can obtain that sensitive data.

Instead of Tech Companies, Why Not The Government?

So, my dear reader if we cannot trust tech companies why not the government. Well, the answer to this is that doing so makes no difference. We already have a great example in front of our very eyes already, China. China already has the government controlling their very own Internet, just by searching up a variety post about China you'll at least find some part in which the government has control over it. China openly shows that their controlling its citizens internet, they don't and never intended to hide it at all. Yet, one might say that our the Western Countries are entirely different compared to China. While that is true, the controlling aspects are still very similar to one another however instead in China where the government controlling the internet to satisfy its own ambition, corporates are the ones here controlling us without even letting us know all for the sake of profits. Thus, because corporates companies are the one controlling us behind the scenes also means that our governments are already doing these kinds of things too. That's why there is no difference between tech companies or governments at all rather we still arrive to the same solutions.

Conclusion

Overall my dear reader, you must pay attention to the things you do on the Internet. As while using the Internet, even now when you're reading this blog, a digital data footprint is following you around. Yet, since you now know about one last question remains...

"What are you going to do with your very own digital footprint?" - Rainier Jorge Jorda