Safeguarding Your Data in the Age of Digital Surveillance

In an earlier post, we have discussed the constant and growing grasp of the surveillance system where subconsciously we are exchanging data to numerous third-party marketers. “More than 1,000 apps have location-sharing capabilities, according to a 2018 report from mobile analysis firm Mighty Signal, including 1,200 in the Google Android store and 200 on Apple iOS” (Paul, 2016). Since now we know how we are contributing to the loss of our privacy in many ways, here we will dig into more details to discuss how we can safeguard ourselves.