Our data and its vulnerability.

Our data and its vulnerability.

Our data

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What are our personal data ?

We all makes use of social media, and we visits it frequently. We posts our pictures, share likes and comments. We are asked to turn on our location, Submit our date of birth, and even go through a survey form to improve our user experience in the app.

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All the information we have submitted above, are our personal data. And the next question is, What really happens to these information's we shared out there ? That's where it gets interesting.

What really happens to our data?

We might have come across the saying, that our device Microphones is listening to our conversations. How true is that ? if that's not the case; Then let's look at Match-maker sites, Personal-entertainer sites, Therapist sites, and even Shopping sites on how they personalize our experience with their sites. How do they do it ?. We must have submitted of personal data to them, right? There is only one answer to that, which is that personality dictates behaviors. Our behavior is accurately predicted.

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Data vulnerability

Can our data be exploited and in what way?

We believe that most social media, reads our private messages and harvests our information's. If that is the case, Our questions can easily be answer.

Can data be sold and used for propaganda?

If our digital trace of personal data are mined, and are attached to our identity. The exploitation are quite easier. Because our personal data contains our likes, dislikes, fear, and even limitations. Which dictates our emotions and human relations.

How they do that?๐Ÿ‘‡

Raw data.jpg Our data are sent out, analyzed, and also weaponized with strong social contents like videos, images and ads. Then sent back to us through social media to manipulate our emotions and change our various behaviors. And some enterprises and governments uses this medium to carry out their propaganda.

Conclusion

The free use of social media makes us skip the terms and conditions. But remember if you are not paying for the product, you are the product. Being driven by data, can initiate hates and even wars. Let's ask ourselves, are we being manipulate ?

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