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DIGITAL PRIVACY ONLINE WORLD IN AN
from MQ 02 | June 2021
Take a moment, look around, and notice those looking down. The screen apocalypse is upon us, and humans have conformed to the walking zombie suit we have all come to recognize from the endless, undead entertainment readily available. Most have succumbed to it at some point and in some way. It almost seems inevitable, with the way technology has sky-rocketed and intensified and a landslide of humans have embraced it.
But with this cataclysm comes greedy companies and cunning hackers, making your private life, well, not private. Your personal information can be stolen, sold to other companies, and bought on the dark web. Is privacy even attainable in our digital world? Unless we find a time machine and go back to the 1980s, no, not 100%.
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You might think "I don't have anything to hide. What do I care if they have my information?”
You should care. Big Brother is watching, following, and analyzing your digital presence. This includes web browsing and searching, various forms of communication, social media, shopping, streaming content, working, gaming, and any other virtual living. They all link together.