Are You Being Tracked?

Tracked

Computers, cell phones, and even street cameras, what do these three things have in common you may ask? All these things are tracking you and you may not even know it.

Websites will know what ads to show you when you
search similar things on the internet, text messages and pictures are being recorded on your phone, and even apps on your phone can tell where you are at any time. Like it or not most of our technological devices are tracking our every move and could potentially get some people in trouble with items they thought were safe.

Applying for a job? Companies can spy on the individual they are willing to hire and could potentially see you religious beliefs, relationship status, and even political preferences. With access to this information companies now have an idea of who they may hire based on these things.

How can we fix this problem? Unfortunately with the technological society we live in, there won't be a simple fix solution, but we need to start somewhere. Herb Weisbaum believes that we need to establish a Do Not Track program that will in theory give you an option on whether it is okay for the particular website or item to track you and what you are doing. To enforce this rule would require the FTC to be willing to work with the consumers and new technology.

Don't look now; you may be being tracked right now.