Blog Post #12

    My relationship with technology may be different than others, but for me for my friends and family technology is always around theres always a device that's helping you.For example GPS, Chat GPT, AI, etc.If technology would vanish for the foreseeable future  I don't know were my life would go, my whole life is technology 98% of the time i'm using my phone and the other half i'm on my other devices. There are other devices like our laptops, I Pads, phones, etc. we all have access to the internet, there are many nights were i'm on my phone for more than an hour then when I look at my screen time iv'e already spent 4 hours on TikTok scrolling back and forth while getting messages and notifications that force's me to be on the phone when I don't need to and I could be doing homework or studying even hanging out with friends.As a women in todays digital generation, I have noticed and come to realize that privacy and online access is a scary and has become a digital prison for users of my generation. It's bad enough women don't feel safe and secure in the real world but especially in the digital world you don't know who is behind the screen. It's known that we grew up with technology and were so keen on documenting our personal lives to make sure our followers know what were up to every second of every day. According to the articleThe Privacy Divide entertains the story of how our collective privacy problem is not our fault, for example  google is keeping and eye on what we buy and keeping track of the ambitions transactions and purchases. It's causing a rift to the digital world leaving users to leave the ad industry because the data was tracking them and it was terrifying them.

    Technology has it's advantages and disadvantages for disadvantages privacy is a huge, on your location is being tracked everywhere you go. Along with cyber risk your account can be hacked as well as your identity can be stolen if your not careful enough along with you person information, ex: your credit cards phone number etc. There are many advantages though your saving time if you have a difficult question and can't figure it out ask google or siri. you never have to go to the store in person you can online shop as well as pick up your order from the grocery store in the parking lot without even getting out of the car.

    Have you ever thought of your online privacy do you ever wonder why the internet is tracking you and whys it saves your personal information, before even logging in your account it's already there. If I were you I would take into personal consideration of your password all the way down to your location.The Article I'm 14 And I Quit Social Media this story is a perfect example to you because you can't trust your family members, parents post pictures and videos on their social media accounts normally it's going to be facebook so their extended family and friends can see and share the post as well. it's sad hearing a little girl just turning thirteen starting to show her online public appearance and she already fell so insecure and hated on being laughed at by the tweets and post of her seeing hundreds of pictures that will never be taken off the internet,Because once you post something on the internet it will never go away.

    When your online you must take into consideration especially my generation and the younger generation because, they grew up with TikTok and all the other social media platforms like Instagram and Snapchat. How much of a  personal impact of our online footprints do you want to leave as an individual? We all want to make an impact as much as the digital world but that doesn't mean that we can have our privacy and online photos and videos leaked on the internet or the government is stealing our personal information.  This article is discussing the story of the The Privacy Divide and how the ad industry has been  becoming a tracing device, and why it has terrified the employees to leave the industry. According to I Left The Ad Industry " she left the house at 7 a.m. went to Starbucks went to school, went to yoga went back to school she was a mother with at least one child and knew where she lived"I Left The Ad Industry They knew were she was living because the phone was tracking every minute and move and the location she made from the phone calls as well as knowing what phone the pocket was in. Knowing our surrounding's in this generation because were so hooked on every moment of information we collect like our news than watching the actual news or finding out from newspaper.