Privacy seems to be the last thing that we have online these days. Simply signing up for a phone service results in your data being shared automatically. Signing into a Wi-Fi network automatically shares your data with your internet provider. Downloading an app onto your food automatically sends your data to the service. It is practically to ever be truly 100% private when you use the internet or a cell phone in anyway way.
It’s safe to say that most people never actually read the fine print when agreeing to the terms and conditions of using a cell phone or internet service. I sometimes read the first few lines of the terms and conditions when signing up for a service, but I never remember what they say or particularly care after signing up. I mean, why would I? They all say the same things and promise the same deals. If you’re just like me, you’re automatically tempted to just agree to the terms and conditions. What harm will it really cause to our privacy? It’s not like these companies are going to use it to track us down or anything.
In fact, we also sign up for a profile on websites sometimes. We sign up on job seeker sites to gain employment, we sign up on music product sites to buy music products and get deals off of items. If you’re like me, you notice that when you sign up to a website you also get endless promotional emails. You may not even remember signing up for them either. The thing about these sites is that sometimes they automatically sign you up for promotional emails, promising great deals off and cool new services.
It’s similar to signing up for an app from the Apple Store on your phone. You sign up for one app and YouTube advertisement are recommending you similar apps. Privacy doesn’t seem to be a thing when it comes to recommendations from ads. We demand privacy yet we freely give it away, because it isn’t as if we’re reading the fine print in the first place.
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