Nowadays everyone has a digital devices either on their hand or in their household. With this technology and internet being more and more convenient, your privacy is highly at risk more so than ever before. Say you were using your digital device and it automatically started tracking your location right when you opened it, and it tracked your health habits, web browsing data, and more, and all this data could then potentially be leaked and become a threat to your own privacy. Nowadays, taking a selfie with a peace sign can even leak your data. Our privacy is threatened every day and it’s shocking how much we need just to buy privacy as it’s slowly becoming a luxury.
The more we rely on the internet, the more of our data is being leaked. Your activities and data on the internet can be even monitored by your ISP (Internet Service Provider), advertiser and corporations, hackers, the government and even your employer. With threats over threats, we can never completely control who is monitoring and spying you on the internet.
But there are certain ways to reduce your risks of losing your privacy: