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The Trade-off: Leisure vs Privacy


Just in few years, artificial intelligence (AI) has created a huge change in the world. This is used in many applications and technologies that many people are using nowadays. And they cost our privacy. And what do we get out of this exchange? Leisure and access! Not bad. Well, maybe.
But what we do not know is that some big companies and businesses are paying for our information and privacy. In fact, all our calls, recordings, videos, conversations, email and home address, friends, family, phone numbers, photos and all other private information are already owned by the APP owner that we have downloaded. That is the exchange! And they sell that to companies who are willing to pay for a huge price.

If it is true, they say that even after we delete the messages, photos, videos, or even calls, they are already saved in the huge machine somewhere that people can always use them against any of us. And we know that information is very crucial.
While we do not care about it, other people are already trying to control and manipulate us using our information. They know what we do, where we are, who’s with us, what we are watching, what we eat, what we like and hate, what restaurants and hotels we go and stay. Everything. Everything about us.
We don’t know much about this because we don’t actually read the Terms and Conditions of every application we download because they are too long to read. Well, that serves its purpose. Most of the terms and conditions in most apps are actually made for the purpose not to be read at all.
But what can we do?

God bless! 

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