You roll out of bed, prepare for work, help the kids get ready for school, and say your morning farewells. About the time you start your car, you receive the first notification for the day, “Light traffic to Starbucks this morning, approximately 15 minutes.”
With technology so embedded into our daily lives, many have become desensitized to its implications on privacy. Some argue that modern life’s hectic pace requires a mobile phone to act as a digital assistant, providing reminders, intel, document storage, and even location information. How else would you know if traffic allowed for a coffee before work?
For our mobile phones to be helpful assistants, they must collect data about us, and, unsurprisingly, they do. People today are aware that our phones track us now more than ever before. Perhaps you have heard how your cellular provider records your location data in Call Detail Records (CDRs) or how social media applications geotag pictures and videos with location information.
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