I know this might sound off or weird or shocking but I'm just learning that a lot of our data online are not as private as I've been thinking they were, the Government have access to them! It was shocking to me that I had to ask a neighbour sitting close about his thought on it.
Do you think there's a way to find out our conversations on calls and chats too? I asked out of curiosity and the reply was, no, it isn't possible except we give the access.
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The thing is, the fact that our data isn't private as we want it to be is something to be bothered about. If there is no privacy to such about us, I wonder what else is private with the human right we claim we have (right to privacy).
I've read some entries and I couldn't agree more with their point in regards to having our data accessible to people we may never know. For the Government, it makes sense that they do have access to every citizen data but it also doesn't make sense with our human rights in view.
I mean, there are instances I've witnessed or heard about that I am actually grateful that our data are accessible by the government and that's in the case of being scammed or stolen from. Like a friend once had all his money in his bank account stolen by an unknown individual. It took a long time but he was able to recover most of his loss when the culprit was caught through the data he had stored before.
With the increasing cases of fraud and evolving technology most especially the introduction of robots and AI, one is made to wonder if our data being online and accessible by some people would be a worse risk. There are lots of advantages to these things but where is the good, there's also the bad and that's what we should be more concerned about.
Honestly, I can't think of or know a way that our data can be privatized but if there is the option to keep my data private, I would choose that option. There may be the disadvantage of me not getting to catch culprits through their data if data are privatized but there is also the high safety that comes with keeping my data to myself.
Sadly or maybe not so sad, there's no way we can not have our data kept to ourselves anymore. Although keeping our data on Web3 platforms seem to be safer but not without the keys being kept safe by the owner, there is almost no site we would get access to without sharing a bit or more about our personal data.
To not worry much about my data being made public, I try to look at it from the positive side and hope that my data won't be fall prey for fraudsters. It's the major thing we fear but less ways to avoid it aside being vigilant to know when it's about your turn to escape their grip.
So we're back to the question I asked, Can Our Personal Data Online Be Privatized? I would love to know what you think about this.
