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digitally active human. We that we buy and change - We may choose not to
are so much addicted to privacy settings preventing have ‘connect automatically’
these free services that we the automatic back-up of our Wi-Fi option on our devices
blindly accept their terms data including personal photo but rather connect to internet
of business and give them and videos. only when you need it to avoid
the control of our lives. We converting your devices into
must remember that “when - We should not keep listening or live broadcasting
something is free, we are ‘logged in’ all the time on any tool;
not customer, we are the mobile operating systems
product.” rather log in when we need - We should check ‘my
to install / update any app activity’ in ‘my account’ tab
What can you do? on our device and then log of the popular search engine
It is easily said than done. out. Personal photos and and email services provider
We have completely given videos are more personal on and ‘pause’ all location
in to the Tech Giants and conventional cameras than tracking, web-browsing and
getting out of this slavery is your ever vulnerable mobile delete the other historical
not easy but there are some or tab. activity data that has already
precautions that we can take: been stored in the past
- The bad guys need a without our knowledge;
- Never store your personal constant internet connection
or business data on any free to steal your data, listen We really do not want to
cloud service. No cost saving to your conversation or have a digital daddy who
can justify the compromise track your location hence monitors us more than our
of our data. We can chose not keeping internet on all daddy or spouse, as the case
to back up our data on an the time on our devices maybe. Privacy is a privilege
external storage media can cripple their malicious that cannot be sold out for
keeping our data in our activities. You may want to anything including these so
personal control. have the habit of ‘switching called free services. Stay
on’ the internet only when Alert, Stay Safe.
- We must check default you need it and then ‘turn it
settings of any new device off’.
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