When listening to all the TED talks, I realized a lot about privacy and how we are not as secure as we think. Currently, we have many digital devices and websites that can affect your privacy in many ways. Our privacy is affected through email, face recognition, cell phone, or even police survey technology. Although many of these technologies describe how they protect your identity and personal information, there are many ways that it can be leaked. If people were to access this information, they can do actions that may leave problems for you in the future such as others using credit cards or people accessing your address, then sending stuff that you don't need. Learning this, I realized it doesn't mean I should stop using devices or stop accessing the internet, just to be more aware of the possible leaks that could occur so that I'm prepared for what could come of it. Though, I would say the most common known way people may access information would be through the discovery of your email. Although there are many people who may have multiple accounts, if someone were to access one of them, they could still scavenge much from it. Although you may be able to delete this email account, the person may have already got far too much. Additionally, just by accessing information, a person can blackmail or use personal information or experiences to not only take advantage of you, but potentially ruin somebody's life, no matter what a person's status may be. Though people may have the ability to take these actions, none of the actions taken like this makes it right. Though I may somewhat be able to understand, if they were to first have ruined you and made your life horrible. If everyone were able to take this action, it could result in many people being spared from fates worse than death.
A TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/madhumita_murgia_how_data_brokers_sell_your_identity/transcript?language=en
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