The article "How to protect your digital privacy from new Christmas presents" written by Alex Hern is devoted to the discussion of the problem of data collection without person's agreement.
Nowadays more and more people buy different presents online instead of visiting a shop. The author writes that we should be careful when we buy digital items online, as there can be a hidden tracking device inside them. First, the author draws our attention to the message connected with policy agreement. He says that we shouldn't give our agreement once we saw this message, because in such case we usually automatically send the private information they do not need to know at all. Then he analyses the whole situation, and says that nowadays too many houses are under control. He gives an example of a case connected with a teddy bear, that turned out to have a camera in its nose. He also emphasizes that we should always check settings in a digital thing we bought.
The author concludes that we should be careful in buying items in online shops.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2018/dec/18/how-to-protect-your-digital-privacy-from-new-christmas-presents
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2018/dec/18/how-to-protect-your-digital-privacy-from-new-christmas-presents
Thanks for summarising the article. I think it's main points are clear. What you should have added too is what sort of questions you would like to learn more about as a result of reading this article. Have you come across any useful expressions? Are there any cultural or other realia you got familiar with from this article?
ReplyDeleteThank you a lot for your comment! I understood all your points! So, I will add answers to all the questions.
Delete1) I would like to know how often do other countries face this problem.
2) Moreover I've come across some interesting expressions. For example, set uphand, overblindly hitting, got the highest profit margin.