How safe are you #7

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Imagine, you meet a person for the first time in your life, but this person knows very personal things about you. Your best friend’s name, your tattoos, your love live, your bank account number and yes, even your account balance.

Scary, huh? Must be a magician you may think.
Think twice! Any information you and your friends share about you online can possibly be accessed by others. Worst case, people will be able to get to know your whole life if you’re over-sharing.

This issue is displayed in the clever video “Amazing mind reader reveals his ‘gift’”, published by the Belgium website Safeinternetbanking.be. The video has been created to draw attention to the risks of personal information shared online:

Dutch ‘psychic’ Dave gives free mind readings to several random people in Brussels, Belgium. The people are shocked to find out that Dave is extremely accurate and scared when he shares their banking information. After enough mind reading Dave reveals his secret to his magic.


http://www.safeinternetbanking.be/nl/dave-campagne


Always keep in mind: Only publish information online you’re comfortable with for other people and companies to know. If you’re on Facebook, remember that you’re not only sharing information with your friends, but also with the apps you use and depending on your privacy settings, the information may also be available for further people and businesses. Your personal data can be very sensitive, make sure you are in control.


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How safe are you #6

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How would feel it would be if someone stole your life, your identity, wiped your existence from the face of this planet?

What if instead your life was given to someone else and there is enough proof that that person is the real you? And that you were the duplicate?

Well, it does sound intriguing and I couldn't agree less with you that it all sounds like a movie. 
As weird as it may sound it is still the truth. I am talking about 'Identity Theft'

'Identity theft' is a common phenomena occuring in the world nowadays. You must have surely heard how some people that they are someone but there is absolutely no proof to show that. They say someone else is living their life, that no one believes them, that they don't exist in this world anymore - they are just nobodies!
Things like this have happened in the past.

Today, with the amount of data available online, I don't think how it could not be possible!

As I had earlier mentioned in my post named as - How safe are you?
All of your information, your entire life is easily available on the internet - right from the open to the personal information, photos, videos, everything!

You may ask: 'Why would someone do this?'
This would be as silly as asking 'Why do people steal?', 'Why do we need money?' or even 'Why did the chicken cross the road?' Isn't it obvious, the main reason is money! [And in the Chickens case - to get to the other side]

If you steal someones identity, what was theirs till yesterday, is now yours! It's really that simple! Then, you could pose as the guy and easily swipe off that guys entire (hardly earned) savings - now that would be very harsh!

Well, it definitely does, but the fact remains that this cannot be denied. You are in a world where data travels even before the blink of an eye.

Have you never wondered how you are talking to your friend on the other side of the planet - that you did not receive his/her email on the phone or via skype and from there a mail is typed and sent, and you receive it the very next moment!

It really is astonishing. Compels you to think that how much the speed of data transmission has advanced. Where 1st world countries are moving at speeds of gigabytes per second and 3rd worlds still move at kilobytes per second, data reaches even at these lower speeds. Government and defense agencies must be using much much higher rates of data transmission.

The point of all this is only to explain how data can travel. How any of your information moves throughout the internet and how quickly a LOT of damage can be done.

In a world of secrecy, espionage, cyber crimes, and internet wars - it is also up to you to play your role not for others but for yourself.

Be safe! Practise safe Internet policies!


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How safe are you #5

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Today nothing can be done to prevent providing your data, well, mainly because you have already provided it, and also the fact that the internet makes our work all to easy, swift, accurate, and maybe safe upto some level!

My doubt arises only because of the fact we are providing all of our details even if we should not. Why do we do so? Have you ever asked yourself this? Did you look closely?

It's because - in the beginning, you don't fill up any details regarding your profile on any website - but, (and this is the part that pisses me off) - the website continuously prompts you to fill up your profile, it keeps telling you that your profile is incomplete - which it is not!

Why are all your details required?
Why are religion, caste, geo-tagging, thoughts, moods relevant for your profile?
A profile picture and a description about yourself are more than enough!

Don't you think so?

How is it in any manner a matter of concern for the company? Are they working for governments around the world to concise information about each and every individual living across the planet?

We all have heard how cyber warfare is always going on across different countries, sometimes CIA, or the DoD, or NASA, or European Agencies, etc. get stuck for days because some hackers hacked their foolproof systems! I am talking about places with the maximum security protocols and tools. If this can happen, what guarantees our safety?

I do not want to insert fear in your minds or hatred towards these websites, but to simply put forth my point of view. It just may be another candidate for a conspiracy theory!


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How safe are you #4

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Now, just ask yourself:

'Where does all this data go?'
You are smart enough to now that it is stored at some server on the planet.

But, what you should be asking is - 'Who controls the data?' I have a belief, that such social networks are not run by organisations once they are famous. They are controlled by Governments and their agencies.
Now, what is the thing that Governments of the world strive for? Data but of course!

Imagine getting information about everyone and everything going on this planet, and that too by those people themselves. No need for proof reading as you fill up the correct data by yourself!

You are serving your entire life on a Golden platter! Not because you are compelled to do so, or you are told to, it is because of your own free will.

You do so while thinking 'Now I'm gonna be on a social network, it is so exciting... I'll provide the best details about myself, ask all my friends to join, I'll be famous, We'll stay in touch,...' and what not...

Almost millions are available on facebook, not to forget the ones who deleted their accounts.

In short - besides your DNA sample, everything else is easily available that can make another YOU!
Come to think of it, it is not that difficult to get the DNA also... A strand of hair would do the needful -

IF an evil super-villain were to clone you for his evil deeds! :D

Jokes apart... it is a matter of critical importance that you are doing what the governments of none of the countries on this planet do - Providing the correct information, details, and everything else. In fact it is you who is doing so.

If a countries' government asks you for provide your entire life to them, would you do so? One in their sane sense of mind would never do so! It's because we know that they cannot protect our lives!
But by being a part of these websites and playing by their rules, we are doing so unknowingly.


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