In modern society mobile electronic devices such as smart phones, tablets, and laptops are important part of our life. We are very much depending on these devises which are powered by internet. We get instant, live information about the weather, traffic, we check our bank accounts on fly and we make transections, we buy, sell and communicate through these devises. And every time we use these devices we leave the permanent digital footprints which can be traced back us. It is like we are writing our digital diary or biography without really giving it attention and most importantly without knowing where this diary is. We know that data or in other words the diary is out there, we are creating them every day, but we do not really know the exact location, form or shape of the diary. It is dispersed all over the digital highways and the worst thing is this data is wildly available for inserting parties. Furthermore, there are many companies who target these data; their main business is to collect our digital footprints, give it some form or shape and sell it to other parties. We are creating the date, but it does not belong to us. For example, we know that Google saves and collects all the searches we do, but these data does not belong to us, nor we have any rights on it and we do not even know for what this data are used. I could imagine if someone can look to my Google search history just only past 10 years and combine these data with today’s sophisticated logarithms probably these someone would have full profile about me. As more we are enjoying the benefits of technology, we are generating more data and more vulnerable and easy targets we are becoming.
Security and Privacy is big issue today’s society. People are conserved and sometimes even paranoid that they have been watched and they have been followed. I think we need much better security and privacy laws and much batterer regulations and enforcements. Especially to regulate the companies that collect and sell the data about us.
