‘I don’t mind, because I am not doing anything wrong’ This argument is heard many times when people talk about mobile and data privacy. Many people are also found saying that Privacy is a Myth. But is this really right? Let us understand that every conversation can be tracked through technology and it does not mean only adds.
There is a huge lack of awareness about data privacy in India. Often people do not hesitate to give Aadhaar details to anyone, while this Aadhaar data is very important according to privacy. If you get some more information with Aadhaar, cyber criminals can vacate your account. Such reports keep coming every day.
Why scams like digital arrests are increasing?
Why are cybercrime growing in India these days? Why are any cyber criminals easily arrested digitally? The reason for this is that for many years, people are giving their data easily to anyone.
Planning of cyber criminals is quite slow, that is, for years, work on a data set and then explores it. That is, if your data was leaked somewhere 5 years ago, then it is possible that you can be scam today or next year. Because your data can ever be handed over to a cyber criminal.
How is the phone being a threat on its own? Your conversation, your data
You mention a product or place to your friends. Shortly, you see advertisements related to that product or place on social media. This is called targeted ads. But is it limited to ads just an ad? Big companies, such as Google and Amazon, have already agreed that they listen to the conversation sometimes through their employees. That is, someone is listening to you.
Unused apps are dangerous
There are dozens of apps in your phone that you have not used for months, but they are using your data daily. Generally, people download an app for some work and forget to remove it even if they are not using them daily. Because as soon as you install the app, they take you data access forever.
The purpose of digital tracking is not just advertising
Permission of microphone, camera and location given to apps store and process your data. Many apps ask for more permission from you. As:
- Microphone access of shopping apps
- Location tracking of payment apps. These apps save your data and sell it. With this, companies earn profits, but people with bad intentions can use it for blackmailing and cybercrime.
Google has been prosecuted earlier, where he admitted that they record talks to improve speech recognition. However, there is no specific accountability on small apps, and where their servers are, it is not known.
How can your data be dangerous?
- Blackmailing and cyber crime can be done easily against you.
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The chances of being a financeal fraud will increase considerably. Because someone has saved all your data.
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One can easily break into your privacy.
Purchase of bulk data
User data on the dark web sells quite expensive. The price is decided this time how sensitive the data is. Here, not the data of a user, but the data of millions of users is purchased and sold. Cyber ​​criminals buy this data in expensive and then slowly scam with people.
Who sells your data?
Where the matter started from where you blindly give all permission to an app. Many times app publishers themselves collect and sell user data. Or sometimes the data of that company is leaked, then only the criminals sell the data.
How to avoid
- Only give microphone and camera access to the apps of the need. In every app, go manually and revolve the necessary permission. Those features are given in both Android and iPhone. You can remove permission by selecting the app in the app section by going to the settings.
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Do not use any publisher app that is not trusted. Google must read the app that you want to download.
- Check the apps permission from time to time and remove the unnecessary permission. Also keep in mind which app you do not use anymore. Immediately remove them from your phone.
There are many such tools that tell you which app has been unumed for a long time. There are some tools that work to remove your information from the Internet. You can remove your data from any app database. However, they are not free and they also charge a lot of money.
If this has happened to you too, then you must tell us in the comment.
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