Privacy

As promised, here's a blog about privacy, following the very recent poll, where 92.1% of respondents valued their privacy.

So you think your privacy is protected?

Read on.

We all like having our privacy.

In fact, privacy is something a lot of people tend to take for granted.

When you read this blog, you might think again.

Google is under fire for lying to us.

Apparently, we are led to believe that turning off 'Location' will prevent Google and other apps from tracking your every move.

WRONG.

Google is still tracking you.

Every time you use Google Maps, they keep a record of where you are.

When you go on the web, they collect data about you.

For instance, I have GPS and Location services turned off yet every day, I get a personalised weather report pop up in my notifications.

How else do they know where I live?

Tracking me, of course!

They are doing this with around 2 billion s of their Android operating system.

iPhone s aren't immune either.

To make things even worse, there is talk where I live of legislation being put to the Parliament for Google and Apple to require social media platforms such as Facebook and apps such as Whatsapp to allow the private messages of s to be read by police, even if they are encrypted.

The reasoning is to fight crime and they are targeting sex offenders and terrorists.

Games such as Fortnite are also included in this as it has messaging enabled.

There is objection from some lobby groups but we're talking about the Government here.

There was objection previously in collecting our meta data and that became law.

I see the benefits in using such a law to read our private messages to reduce crime but at what cost.

If our privacy is at stake, that's going to cause even more distrust of the Government.

For every good 'solution', there is always a bad twist.

Criminals will simply find another way while those of use who aren't plotting to blow up the world or abuse innocent people will remain in the firing line, exposed and vulnerable to our information being misused by corrupt officials.

It might be 2018 but it sure feels like 1984.

If this becomes law, it sets a precedent for other countries to follow suit and enact similar laws.

This legislation might not be law just yet but there is a way where your messages can already be read.

The Amino states

Let me explain what this means.

Amino is owned and run by Narvii, Inc.

When you sign up and create an , you make agreements with Narvii, Inc.

It is YOUR responsibility to read what you are agreeing to because your CONTINUED USE of Amino indicates you have read and agree to the of Service and related documents.

By using Amino, you have agreed to allowing any content to be checked if deemed necessary.

This means Team Amino has authority to check your private chats for any violation of the guidelines.

You cannot take legal action for a violation of your privacy because using Amino means you have agreed to them having this authority.

So, do you still think your privacy is protected?

George Orwell was close to the mark.