3. How We Sabotage Our Own Privacy for Deals and Ego (PCWorld.com)

3. How We Sabotage Our Own Privacy for Deals and Ego (PCWorld.com)

It is next to impossible to keep our privacy with  the government gaining access to any information they deem out there that might have any bearing whatsoever on national security, homeland security, law enforcement, or taxation, then they will for sure get their hands on it. in order to not exist on the radar in a sense you would have live in a cabin, have no utilities, use only cash, grow your own food, never get sick, not file taxes, and become an unaccountable citizen. Americans are more likely to give away their data in online purchases than any other country. Americans are more trusting with sharing their personal data with their bank. Expecting the banks to monitor our purchases can have positive and negative effects. It is good for protection against identity theft, but you are a record of your purchases. The article states that, "This is what's called the mosaic problem. All those scattered bits of data have little meaning or significance in and of themselves, but put together, they paint a detailed picture that is far more revealing than expected or, if it's your data, wanted."
Your data being mined to provide a customized experience is invasive of privacy but we only see it as helpful, convenient, and time saving.

We are laying back, giving out our private information for the warrant of just to stay back and sit in a recliner or not having to go any where with much effort. To be put on record and have your data on radar is actually pretty scary to think about. I believe one day money is going to be obsolete. You will walk into a store and it will say "no cash of any kind is accepted, only cards". Everything is going digital, from credit cards, debit cards, books, music, movies, etc... the list goes on and continues to grow. A hundred dollar bill will one day be just a useless as a child's piece of school notebook paper.