Do You Worry About Your Digital Privacy?

Everyone uses technology and when posting online people are able to be see your location. Also, when using online it can be risky using credit cards because of scammers.

I do worry about my digital privacy because what i lost my phone and someone finds it and take all my information that i have in my phone like my social media,bank,ect accounts so that they can get access to it and using it thinking that its me,so on the future will bring you more problems if the person who has the account causes them,that's why i like to keep my digital information privet.

The government is watching you, listening to you. It's not a secret everybody knows. I don't worry about it, I am fascinated by it. Technology is taking over our whole life, lets face it. My advice is watch what you say, you never know who is listening. Watch what you post, you never know who is watching. I've had social media for about 4 years now. I've been hacked on Instagram multiple times because girls were jealous i had followers.

I’ve had my social media account for almost 3 years now and I’ve experienced first hand the harm that people face when having one. Nowadays everything you post can be seen by basically everyone and it’s not hard for people to find out your personal information either. As the digital world continues to grow, getting hacked is a common occurrence and it’s almost inevitable at this point. Both me and a lot of people I know, though may not be big in followers, still get hacked. As an Apple user, when I found out that ‘Siri’ records everything I say, it really started to raise some red flags. Though Apple has admitted to recording our voices, they say it’s a way to improve ‘Siri. I do believe that in some ways it does, but can we fully trust that Apple would record our voices just to improve an AI app? There have been countless reports of Mackbooks and iPhone cameras turning on by themselves or when voice recording is automatically turned on. At the end of the day, all of this information is being sent to the government. Whether it’d be for research purposes or simply so they have more information, it’s NOT OK. We all deserve to have privacy. In the wrong hands, our personal data can cause harm. I feel like the government should not only respect each citizen's privacy but also help protect our rights.

Nowadays, as technology has advanced further and further, as the features of an average phone are becoming more complex and more convenient, there ought to be the downside to the amazing technology improvements. We all heard of major tech companies that were caught exploiting private information of a user to advertisers. One of the greatest examples is the time when people caught Facebook exploiting its user’s personal and private information to a political consulting firm called Cambridge Analytica, which played a crucial part to the Trump campaign as Russian hackers were able to spread fake news on the social media’s platform as well as the ability to manipulate one’s political opinions. In response, one of the ways an individual can protect itself from potential security breaches is to make sure you check the company’s privacy policy thoroughly and just keep in mind that everything you do leaves a digital footprint.

Phones are something that will constantly be growing and changing over time. We can never trust our phones to much in todays world. At the click of a button someone could hack into your phone or laptop, and watch you. Thats something thats very scary to think about, but I personally don't think much about it. You can't trust your phone these days with too much personal information, because we with one wrong click and all your information could be leaked onto the internet for everyone to see. The FaceTime glitch was a big concern of mine. I am someone who uses FaceTime all the time. I talk to long distance friends and family on a regular bases on the iPhone app, so when I heard about the glitch I was imminently scared. This was one of the biggest glitches in apple in a long time. People would be able to see you and listen to you without you even knowing. Technology can be a very dangerous weapon in todays society. We put so much trust into these tiny devices that we have no control over were the information goes. Social media platforms have been accused numerous times for tracking your search history to make more appealing adds. I personally think I put to much trust into my iPhone especially considering I don't know were the information is going, I think technology is a great advancement but it can easily be miss used.

“It turns out that an iPhone user can call another iPhone user and listen in on that person’s conversations through the device’s microphone — even if the recipient does not answer the call.” Um. WHAT?! Over the past couple months, I’ve become more aware of just how much the technology I use knows about me. Now, I'm not just talking about the contacts I put in my phone or the alarm clocks I set but even the things I say out loud without even touching my phone. A few months ago, I was in the car with my aunt. My phone was lying in the back seat. We began simply talking about summer camps that my cousin might enjoy going to. I didn’t ask Siri about camps; I didn’t look any up; we just talked about it. The next day, I was scrolling through Instagram and saw an advertisement for a summer camp on my feed. My phone was listening to our conversation. This has happened many, many times since then. As teen raised in the 2000’s, I have grown up in the age of great advancement of digital technology. I have grown up in a time when privacy is impossible. Rules need to be put in place to ban the unauthorized usage of the microphone and camera on all digital technology. Dangerous things can happen if our information gets in the hands of the wrong people.

With the internet today you can search anyone’s name and receive results within seconds. Privacy has almost become impossible unless you shield yourself from all social media. Your personal devices are full of artificial intelligence that see and know a lot more about you than you would hope. When I am having a conversation about skiing then not even five minutes later there is an advertisement on my Instagram feed about skiing, I tend to be a little freaked out. Recently I have heard how iPhone users can listen in on conversations with complete secrecy. I believe calling someone without telling them they are on speaker is scary enough but this brings it to a whole new level. My social media is very open to the world and you can learn a lot about me by the click of the button, but I choose to publicize that information. If someone learned information about me without my intention for them to, I would lose all trust in electronic privacy.

I wouldn't be that worried if people listened in but I would rather they couldn't.

I believe that people have records of peoples conversations because there conspiracy that have proof of peoples privacy isn't getting privacy I know that there's things that we know or have a feeling that someone can stock on social media there's hackers that can hack into your phones software and see everything you ever do on you cell phone think about it fbi they know so much about you the government matter a fact there's so much we don't know as well as when someone searches up something on a computer or cell phone even though you delete it its deep into your drive of the software there so much that people don't know what really happening and I get scared that someone is watching me because of the camera and all the stories of men hacking girls computer to watch them there's even documenter about it. and I feel I not safe at all like okay I have another though the feature on the iPhone Siri when you say hey Siri it responds so the phone has to be constantly recording cause how would it figure out when it says the key work hey Siri.

On Reading this topic it makes me feel that if people herd my private conversations on accident i dont know if i would be using features on the phone. Why would tech companies want to know what people do in there private time.

I always found it odd for big company such as Facebook where it has millions and millions of users just sell their data. But now i find it more common as much more stuff is public.

In this age of digital technology we have no privacy. Companies collect as much information they can about a single person and sell it off to other companies, why? Because money. People knowingly allow it. Take Facebook and Google as an example. If you didn't know, they made research apps targeted towards teens ages 13-35 (I'll explain the ages) that essentially had access to your entire phone. Photos, Messages, Phone calls, Location, Home address, IP address, Banking Information, etc. How were they targeted at teens when the ages are 13-35? They gave teenagers $20 to participate. 20 DOLLARS, TO ACCESS YOUR ENTIRE PHONE. Would you give up all of your information on your phone for $20? I think not. I used FaceTime about 5 times, all of which were when I was talking to family. I've disallowed FaceTime calls because I just don't like any sort of video call. Much like our physical privacy, digital privacy/security is very important. For millions of people, our lives are centered around technology. I believe there needs to be strict laws set in place on the information that companies can collect, people deserve the right to disclose ONLY the information THEY want. Facebook and Google don't deserve the space on my phone, and that's the way it will stay. I've always valued my privacy. As stated above, there should be strict laws set in place. I'll leave you with a question; Do you really think innovation in tech depends on storing every single byte of information about you?

Tech companies have all of our private information no matter what we do, there's no point in not trusting tech companies. The tech companies should be responsible for our information and they should do more to protect our privacy

I don't think our privacy is safe in this age of technology. There are so many devices that have access to our daily routines, or our personal lives. Take the amazon echo for example it has the ability to listen to everything in your house. Or the group facetime bug, someone could listen to a whole conversation before you even realize it. Whether the people listening or the companies listening use this information for surveillance is a question of ethics that has long been debated. Personally, I have never used facetime or have any of the new gadgets on the market. I am not entirely concerned when it comes to facetime, but I know my other devices are being surveilled and that does concern me, and I have debated which side to take on the issue. I don't really trust our tech companies at this point. They gave the information of all their customers to the government and not a single company besides the creator of Lavabit (an encrypted email service) and I do think they should do more by standing up to the government and not just giving our information to them for surveillance when they really don't have a just cause.

I think that privacy in this day and age is a lot less secure. The bug in FaceTime is scary because if that can happen, what else can? There are obviously certain precautions we can take to limit other people from invading our privacy online but security is a major issue I think we face today. If you take into account the documents and secrets Edward Snowden leaked, our privacy isn't really our privacy. We have to be really careful about what we do online if we are being watched. For that reason, I think in our digital age, our privacy is not as safe as it could be.

Jeremy Engle is surely right about nobody being safe when it comes to digital privacy. According to the article, "An iPhone user can call another iPhone user and listen in on that person's conversations... even if the recipient does not answer the call." So a random number calls, and you press ignore, and they're still able to hear what's happening on your end? This is clearly invasion of privacy.

Actually, everyone uses social media. Everyone should be protect their private life, I mean the world is connected and if anyone any place can take a peak at my private life,it's outrageous . If theyr are ill intentioned, it can be a disaster like facebook who like to sell our information, it's sad. We see a lot of hack of hospital,companies... If the bussiness world isn't protect, how a normal person will be protect.

It’s very interesting to think about just how many people use social media, so it's easy to know many things about them. For example, we can locate people everywhere. However, hacker can steal informations like messages, private pictures and publish them. Anyway, the digital privacy don't really exist.

I don't fear for my digital life. Because I am always particularly wary about my digital safety. I don't share information that could harm me online. The risk its share information that could harm us in life privacy and in life profesional. If you share pics hot you can lost your job because you represente it the company's image.

I think it's actually really scary to think about. Whatever you send and share, technically anyone can see it if they just look hard enough. We really don't have privacy anymore, our phones are tracking and keeping everything we do and are constantly recording us and our voices. Not only that, but everything we do on our phones is permanent. No matter what you try to do, nothing completely goes away on the internet. Making a mistake online is going to stay with your person forever for anyone to see and judge. Our phones are influencing us and what we see every day. The age of privacy is over.

It’s very interesting to think about just how many people have social media, and especially how many people have linked their personal information to these sites. It’s almost inevitable to avoid getting hacked these days. From personal experience, both my father and sister have had their devices hacked. I worry about my information getting into the hands of someone it doesn’t belong, but just by having apps like Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, etc. it’s already out on the internet for everyone to see. I often agonize about how simple it is to get someone’s information, especially now with new features like Apple Wallet. I hope there’s something in the works to help prevent situations like these, because without it, the inhumane process of diving into someone’s personal life and/or stealing one’s identity will continue.

After recent issues in the past year with companies like Facebook, I have spent a lot of time researching and keeping up with what is going on. I have always been aware that companies collect data, and that privacy and not simple. I never really thought much about my privacy up until recently. I trust tech companies with information, but since privacy and security has become a big issue and I have definitely become more aware about my privacy online. I doubt my information is actually as safe as I think it is. Nowadays, we surrender our privacy for being able to use these features for free.

Everyday thousands and thousands of people log in into their social media not knowing that their information is being shared without there permission, and in other cases people are checking the box " I read and agree with the terms of use " without actually reading those terms, this apple "glitch" is not the first and it won't be the last time people feel that they're being watched, and our information is being shared, people around the world have reported their strange stories about their Macbook cameras activating by itself and receiving calls in their phone from unknown numbers, many times companies just trade information about their users so its easier to approach or even unidentify them when they want them to use their product, a lot of people in the internet have doing tests recently, to see whether or not Google is listening to them through the microphones in their computer or phone, so whenever we talk a specific product or place they can throw ads in our face as a " coincidence". In my opinion the government should be in our side, but I think the government is working along with those industries to collect more and more information about us like, where we live, our current geolocation, our fingerprints and our whole face.

In This Day and age, your personal, private information is everywhere. Anyone can find almost anything they need about you. Its very scary but it's what we allow ourselves to put online… or is that what we think. You may put whatever you put online yourself, but link accounts can be waved out though any platform. Medical documents, financial documents, all for everyone to see, if they find out how. There will always be hackers waiting for the right person to come alone, Hopefully that isn't me OR you. Basically there is barely any privacy. I myself have an IPhone, I use facetime not that much but I have before recently. I am not very concerned for someone eavesdropping in on me because i'm not doing anything bad and plus the FBI watches people through cameras anyways. Everyone should know our information is always being spear and shared with other sites and user. Third parties, cookies, anywhere. If facebook is leaking information, that has to mean others are too (as mentioned Yahoo and Netflix.) Again this doesn't concern me and I won't change as much even though I should. Tech companies and the government should do more and put safety regulations in place, I don't trust them as much but thing are how they are so. Knowing at any given time our most private information can be shared is scary… but here we are saying we won't but we're trusting the internet.

I feel as if the government should do more to protect our digital privacy. There's always weird links and ads popping up on cellphones and computers, we never know what it’s really going to lead to. My mom never likes to fill out any personal information online because she’s scared her information will be stolen. Personally. I think we need to have a more secure place to be in on and off the screen. In this article, it explains that the problems are because of bugs from apple. It’s really not the best company. The writer Brian X. Chen believes and expressed that the iphone is an eavesdropping device. Apple had disabled group facetime, causing all of the glitches.

It seems to me that most technology users, while worried about their privacy, have surrendered in the fight to protect data. To be fair, it doesn't seem like there's much we can do. Every app we download makes pages upon pages of requests, but we accept the terms without even glancing over them. Every website we visit can access information about our machines and what we search. There is no alternative; we need our smartphones, apps, and websites. Our lack of privacy has become almost a part of our culture. Memes about "the NSA agent in our phones" go viral every day. It's commonplace to get an ad for something minutes after talking about it. We are constantly made aware of the unnerving fact that we have no digital privacy, and that we can't do anything about it.

Online privacy was once thought to be a requirement of companies, however recently, it seems that online privacy has been treated as a privilege. Online privacy is a right of internet users to protect their private lives from others. The recent privacy glitches by a number of large tech corporations is alarming and shows the need for better security measures in place. It is the duty of these companies to ensure users that their data they have not consented to be released to the public stay private. However, many people do not realize that they have already given express permission to companies to collect use all of their data. When installing or purchasing applications and services the user is required to agree to a terms and agreement contract. In most of not all of the contracts the user grants the company the right to collect data from their profiles, their usage, their microphone, and camera. The companies do express what kind of data they collect and when. This means that the user has given a company permission to spy on them at all times. This is a scary thought which many people never comprehend. If action is not taken to ensure privacy, it would not be a stretch to say that technology users could never have privacy in the space of technology in the future.

Am I concerned about my digital privacy? Yes. Do I still have smart-technology devices & use social media? Yes. I'm relatively aware that tech companies are spying on me, collecting my data & selling it to others, but I'm probably not very aware what the consequences of that might be, because I'm continuing using them. I do consider what I'm posting, sending & commenting often, but not nearly as often as I probably should. People fought for the rights of privacy, the right to their personal image, text etc. for hundreds of years. Today we're giving up those rights without even thinking about it in only a few "clicks". We're willing to expose private data to profit-oriented companies selling the data to third parties, growing more powerful than we can imagine. For what are we even doing it? To use "free" digital services? Is anything in this world ever really for "free"? Definitely not in this case. Personal information & private data is the new currency in the today's world of technology. We should all consider if it's really worth it to just release our private data in order to "not having to pay" for a digital service. It's the obligation of our society to inform the people, make them aware of the price they're paying & to teach our children to value the rights humankind fought for for so long. It's the government's responsibility to protect its citizens from unaware exploitation by limiting the power of the huge modern tech concerns & protecting the rights of each citizen.

This makes me think about other events that happened for the Apple devices in the past. For example, I remember in the news a few years ago that hackers managed to add a ransomware virus on Macbooks. This and the previous event explains that even if Apple has strong security, we can never be too careful about protecting our data and privacy. Like with Windows, strong security measures should be taken for the iPhone and other Apple devices too.

About a month ago I got a FaceTime form a random number in phenix arizona and It would keep happening 1-3 times a week was that someone spying or someone who didn’t get the hint that he/she had the wrong number?

I work for a 3-rd party Social Media Marketing tool but ironically, I'm now a passive user of social media. Twitter was a safe haven for me until I had a stalker following me home twice and online for hundreds of times. Only after recent incidents have I become conscious of digital privacy. We don't take it seriously until we have a real taste of privacy invasion. We have a long way to go until common people realize the internet's ability to connect and amplify everything it understands of us. As much tech companies should be explicit about their intentions about our digital data, every individual should equally take preventive steps to safeguard their privacy. Be that having ad blockers in the browser from being served malicious ads, purging data on a regular basis across entertainment platforms to being wary of what we "search" on Google.