I hope we all understand the data collected on each of us
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/opinion/internet-privacy-project.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/19/opinion/location-tracking-cell-phone.html
As a technologist, the revelation of what is available did not surprise me. I understood how location can easily be captured from all of the electronic devices I use. Be it the GPS chip, the triangulation of Cell Towers or the IP address of the router I am using to access the Internet. Where I am is easily acquired by any application or server I am employing.
What bothered me is that “We the People” have not pushed our governments to regulate the capture and use of this very personal information and data. What bothers me is that most of the citizens of this country or this world do not take the time to read the terms and conditions or the privacy statements provided to us and so often simply consented to them without a thought. And, if they did read them, most of us would not appreciate the language and therefore the meaning of these legal documents.
The surveillance state is real. Marketing companies, employers and so many others are buying the data and using it to improve their delivery of services, advertisements and so much more.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-hope-we-all-understand-data-collected-each-us-philip-andreae/