The only way to keep your life private is to stay away from new media at any cost! Even if it is true, it might sound a little bit critical, since today is hard to isolate yourself completely from new media. Very few people in society like ours are willing to give up on that.
We can encounter privacy issues basically everywhere. The simplest example - our pictures on social media like Facebook or Instagram. Once it's there you can not actually have control over it. It does not matter if you have some privacy filters. It can be saved, print screened, or reposted at any point, so it will never belong to you anymore. Luckily if your personal info does not arise any interest, otherwise - you are lost. The delete button is not that magical as you wish. Yes, you can delete any picture from your account but it will continue its life somewhere else in the endless clouds of the Internet.
The other popular issue is online shopping. Oh boy, it is an amazing feature and scary at the same time. have you heard about stolen credit card info? Did you always recognize all transactions on your credit card statement? Guess what? Everyone once in a while had to contact the bank with this issue. And we can say thank you to the new media for this.
Have you ever wondered why are you keep getting those letters from all the possible companies trying to invite you somewhere/ to sell you something?! Did you ever where did they get your name and your home address? Boom! It is the power, it is the magic and the curse of new media!
So you better watch out before you decided to share something because it is not confidential at all!
We can encounter privacy issues basically everywhere. The simplest example - our pictures on social media like Facebook or Instagram. Once it's there you can not actually have control over it. It does not matter if you have some privacy filters. It can be saved, print screened, or reposted at any point, so it will never belong to you anymore. Luckily if your personal info does not arise any interest, otherwise - you are lost. The delete button is not that magical as you wish. Yes, you can delete any picture from your account but it will continue its life somewhere else in the endless clouds of the Internet.
The other popular issue is online shopping. Oh boy, it is an amazing feature and scary at the same time. have you heard about stolen credit card info? Did you always recognize all transactions on your credit card statement? Guess what? Everyone once in a while had to contact the bank with this issue. And we can say thank you to the new media for this.
Have you ever wondered why are you keep getting those letters from all the possible companies trying to invite you somewhere/ to sell you something?! Did you ever where did they get your name and your home address? Boom! It is the power, it is the magic and the curse of new media!
So you better watch out before you decided to share something because it is not confidential at all!
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