Your Privacy and Security is at the Risk

Do you think that you are protected? No one can steal your stuff because you got security guy at your gate! Well, think again. Do you know that you are being tracked every second and leaving your digital footprint behind? 

For example, you just signed up for a new smartphone and there you go. Here when you start leaving your trace. Most smartphone has GPS location which will indicate where you exactly are to keep record of what you did all day. Using 3G or Wi-Fi it will send this information on Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft and other websites. Without even knowing it you are leaving a huge trail of information of yourself. It is small spy that you take with you every day. Most people have smartphone, iPad, and all other gadgets without even knowing that it's tracing functionality.

Recently regarding to CNET News Facebook said that they are even tracking offline users. Trillions of people are on Facebook. They go there post everything they do. Their daily activities, pictures, photos, etc. It has also been on news that people get robbed because they just posted on Facebook that they are leaving town tonight for a vacation. This will make an easy life for hackers. Even the blog I am writing that has location settings which will let all readers see that where I wrote this blog from.

I recently saw that Apple is tracking iPhone GPS location on a database server. What if this server gets hacked by a hacker? Every day I read this kind of news and it puts me in a great worry. I would say that people should sue these companies who are tracking your physical location without notifying you. They have no right to keep all this information. There will be new and new technology coming out in near future. It doesn't mean that they have right to play with user's personal data.

Here are few steps to get protected:

- Do not to share everything on your social network especially your private photos.

- Make sure that website you visit is encrypted (https). Use secure browsing. 

- Get a good Anti-Virus protection which monitor real time internet traffic.

- Never click on any pop ups.

- Install pop up blocker add-on in your browser.

- Keep your computer's hard drive and its data encrypted.

- Have your passwords changed every 2-3 months of all your accounts.