Unless you live in a place where there is no electricity or isolation, your favorite, disliked, physical location, friends, family and personal information may be tracked by the world's most powerful companies. Although science fiction has predicted this madness decades ago, few people have taken care of the public's reaction to this "always being tracked" state.
In fact, from cell phone cameras to smart TVs to your DNA, they may have been manipulated by people who have never met, monitored by the government, or used for targeted advertising. Let's take a look at the creepy tracking technologies:
The National Security Agency (NSA) can read content before Mom receives your email. In 2013, Edward Snowden disclosed the NSA's Prism and Upstream projects to the public, which caused strong opposition from privacy advocates. Among them, Prism collects information sent by people using digital services such as e-mail and video chat, while Upstream is a large-scale interception of information in the process of network space transmission for research and analysis. It is said that Prism and Upstream were created to secretly monitor online communications for non-US citizens, but they also "by the way" also monitor Americans, such as you talking to friends via Skype in Egypt. They also often block the normal network traffic in the United States.
People can monitor you through a laptop. It is said that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will cover the camera on his laptop with a tape to prevent someone from peeking. It's undeniable that most people are not celebrities like Zuckerberg, so there aren't billions of followers trying to invade your camera. But Digital Spy pointed out that innocent people are being sneaked into peeks and they upload videos to creepy websites. It's also worth noting that hackers can also invade your phone camera, and NSA is especially good at eavesdropping on iPhone cameras.
Smart speakers are more than just listening to instructions... Amazon Smart Assistant Alexa is like our true friend, she is very patient, concentrate on listening to your questions, know all the answers, and remember every word you said, this is very good . However, as Wired magazine pointed out, smart home devices like Amazon Echo and Google Home can save your conversations. Once “awakenedâ€, these devices can record any conversations you have with them and archive the audio clips to a cloud server located in a remote country. The good news is that you can track and delete these files at any time. However, these devices use something called a "sniffer algorithm" that can search for "trigger words" in your voice, indicating that your interest in a particular topic has increased. In this way, Amazon can sell things to you more specifically.
Do you think Google didn't save all your searches? This should be obvious. In the past few decades, we have been asking Google questions and sharing countless embarrassing personal facts in the process. Of course, Facebook may be monitoring your preferences, but Google may know that you have a strange bump on your thigh. Google knows that you have checked the advice provided by the in-laws and know that you have to ask Cincinnati how to spell it. It knows all your strange queries, your political inclinations, your obsession with bad romance, and the most shocking thing is that Google keeps a detailed record of all the searches you have on any device. But please note that Google only logs searches for Google or Gmail accounts, but Gmail users are always logged in.
Smart TV is a bit too smart! If you buy a luxurious Samsung Smart TV, it not only captures voice recordings, but also sends them to third parties in order to improve its recognition software. In addition, whatever you say around the TV, you may be captured and sent away. Imagine that TV is spying on everyone's secrets unconsciously. The CIA and MI5 have jointly developed an application called "Weeping Angel" that allows Samsung TVs to display a shutdown status while recording. The former CIA director has assured the American people that such tools will never be used against American citizens, but "many bad guys in the world have Samsung TV."CIXI LANGUANG PHOTOELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY CO..LTD , https://www.cxblueray.com