Is Online Privacy Really Possible? A BIG QUESTION After Recent Sony Playstation Network Hacking
A recent Sony Playstation network outage is the result of a hacker and a compromise of users personal data, possibly including credit card information, plus email addresses.
From Sony to Apple, major tech companies have been in the bulls eye recently for privacy concerns.
The question is, can tech lovers completely protect themselves online and through their mobile devices, or should we all just get used to the occasional data breach?
Sony's not the only tech giant in the bullseye of privacy experts recently.
A report alleged Apple tracked the location of iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users and stored that data.
The company responded by saying the Intent wasn't to log where users go, and the issues would be corrected.
While some users were alarmed experts say others have just gotten used to it accepting it as a tradeoff for the sites and mobile devices we've integrated into our lives.
Social media expert Deanna Zandt says, "It's almost becoming a normalized activity for us to be risking our privacy and security for entertainment and services."
When it comes to protecting personal data, like it or not, it's largely up to you.
"The onus is on us as the consumers to protect ourselves versus the companies that we pay and we have service agreements with to protect our data for us and that's going to be a huge issue going forward," Zandt says.
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