Post 7: Privacy

 

The importance of personal privacy is one of the few things all people can agree on. No one wants to have their private lives interfered with or scrutinized, but the truth is that almost everything a person does is tracked and identified. 

For example, your GPS data can track exactly where you go and where you are, so if your phone company sells your data, whoever purchased it will know exactly where you go and what your habits are. While, unfortunately, this is standard practice, it's uncomfortable to know and makes you feel tracked and watched.

I don't like knowing that some phone companies can read your texts and hear your calls. I think that's invasive and uncomfortable. I also dislike the fact that very little of what you do online can be considered anonymous, even if you try to keep your real name and face unattached. 

If you're trying to remain anonymous, use pseudonyms and don't put in your real information. Don't connect accounts that have your personal info on them with any other accounts without your actual data to keep the others truly anonymous, and make sure your phone carrier is one that cannot listen to your calls or read your texts.