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THE DIGITAL ERA
TECH SAVVY OR
TECH SLAVE ?
CA. Mubeen Khan With such a penetration of in such a way that it requires
Anti Fraud & Forensic technology, technological or even forces us to be
Expert slavery has also crept in logged in and connected to
from the back door. I strongly the internet all the time.
World population is moving believe that anything stored
closer to 7.7 billion out of electronically on any of our A poplar computer operating
which more than 5 billion devices has either already system seems to have learnt
people now use Mobile been compromised or will get the trick lately from mobile
phones whereas close to 4 compromised sooner or later. operating systems and now
billion people are connected boasts of a cloud storage
to the internet with more than A tech company providing free drive and appear to have
3 billion active social media browser and email service default setting to back up
users having mobile internet. has default setting to track all your computer data on
A survey concluded that more and store the coordinates of their ‘free drive’. Their latest
than 1.5 Billion people use every location on their map update even encourages
social media platforms more that you have ever visited you to link your computer to
than once during the day. or logged in from. They also your mobile device for your
Also, there are people who store the link of each and ‘convenience’. We must also
live more on social media every video watched by you be aware that each and every
than on oxygen. on their platform and record such device with their mike
every single website that you and camera also has the
All the digitally active have ever visited on all your potential of being converted
individuals should know that known devices using their into a remote listening,
they, along with their not so browser. watching and recording
active buddies whom they device.
keep tagging, have already Some mobile operating
been profiled with all their systems have default factory This is unprecedented
personal data by these settings to immediately copy invasion in privacy and
social media platforms. A all contents of your mobile confidentiality of our personal
database that is unheard phones including contacts, and business data stored on
of, unimaginable and notes, calendar entries and our devices which we have
unprecedented in the history photos on their ‘cloudy’ cloud ourselves allowed knowingly
of mankind has been created and keep updating it on a or unknowingly. Every piece
by the tech giants with our real-time basis on the pretext of our personal and business
ever increasing addiction to of keeping a backup of information is being stored
the social media and free your data, sometimes even at a location far away and
services. without your knowledge. beyond our control creating
Their services are designed the big data about every
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