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Is Cellphone Surveillance Really A Big Problem To Worry About?

November 17, 2019 Posted by admin Technology 10 Comments

Cellphones rule our modern lives. Having all data and information right at our fingertips is the peak of convenience. Unfortunately, smartphones were not designed for security and privacy. Yes, they give us all kinds of things, however, the data we see and receive on our cell phones is just a fraction of the information they generate.

Not only do these phones do a poor job of protecting our communications, but they also expose us to new kinds of cellphone surveillance. By tracking and monitoring every activity and behavior, cell phones build an alarmingly intimate useful reference and data about our personal lives.

How alarming is this Cellphone surveillance?

Here, we will describe the 3 types of actors who acquire, collect, and analyze data from our smartphones, aiding surveillance, and undermining our privacy.

  1. Corporates

Corporates or companies collect data through smartphones via shopping carts or when you sign up for a social network or newsletter. They do this, in order to analyze an individual’s habit, preference, and behavior for money-making purposes. This is more commonly known as corporate surveillance.

Corporates collect data from customers in 3 ways— directly asking their customers, indirectly tracking their customers, and adding other sources of customer data to their own. They use it to improve customer experience, turning data into cash flow, or refining marketing strategies.

And while some companies sell data or their analysis of particular groups to other governments and companies, a study revealed that some businesses cooperate with the government by providing access to their database. Or, the government can just hack into their servers in order to gain access to this data.

  1. Governments

Governments also play a huge role in data collection. They like to gather as much data as possible, claiming to ensure a more efficient administration, to monitor migration, to identify spies, and to catch the “bad guys”.

Depending on the political and social situation, this can also result in censoring media, excluding disregarded groups from specific services, identifying activists, monitoring online activity or conversation on your smartphone or even trying to build a wall to keep their country off from the rest of the online world.

Most people think that this is necessary and that they shouldn’t care since they are not doing anything wrong. But, would you care if the government installed cameras and voice recorders in your home, follows you wherever you go or record every conversation you have with your family or friends.

In the wrong hands, confidential and private data from cell phones can be used in order to persecute activists, target journalists and crack down the freedom of speech. Oppressive and corrupted governments will use cell phone surveillance to control opposition. And if you think that this can’t happen where you live, remember that all it can take is a change of government.

  1. Individuals

Lastly, every individual with knowledge can collect data by engaging in social engineering, open-source intelligence. There have been many incidents of individuals using accessible cell phone data to profile, acquire, monitor, spy on, control, blackmail or harass family members, ex-partners, spouses, or simple individuals whose political or lifestyle affiliations they disapprove of.

Then there’s the hackers or cybercriminals who use cell phone surveillance to hack and steal valuable data and using it for evil purposes or monetary gains such as ransomware, phishing, and other cyber threats.

Conclusion

Smartphones are effective surveillance devices. And it is safe to conclude that everyone who uses them is exposed to data risks. What’s more, is that it is virtually impossible to detect and anticipate the full range of ways cellphone data is collected and used and to show the full scale of its effects.

What we already know could just be the beginning.

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  • David Hilcher
    · Reply

    November 20, 2019 at 1:41 AM

    I don’t want to be a conspiracy theorist, but I have grave concerns about where all this is leading. We are so connected to our devices. Hop on a train and everyone is face first into their smart phone. I hope I am wrong. David Hilcher Brisbane

  • John Jackson
    · Reply

    November 25, 2019 at 8:52 AM

    Very interesting, good job and thanks for sharing such a good article. Your content is so convincing that I never stop myself to say something about it. You’re doing a great job. Keep it up

  • david luiz
    · Reply

    December 3, 2019 at 10:36 AM

    Very interesting, good job and thanks for sharing such a good article. Your content is so convincing that I never stop myself to say something about it. You’re doing a great job. Keep it up

  • Krook
    · Reply

    December 7, 2019 at 6:09 AM

    Thanks for sharing article.

  • Mount Woods
    · Reply

    December 9, 2019 at 10:33 AM

    Great post and thanks for sharing this amazing and important piece of information with us all. It’s nice to see that you’re discussing such relatable and major issue that everyone is facing right now. Privacy is what everyone want and what kind of threat we are facing regarding our privacy is important as w all need to know about it. You post clearly list these violations with detailed explanation and it will definitely help a lot of people in opting some measures or even avoid using their smartphones for everything. Nice post and keep enlightening us all.

  • riya
    · Reply

    February 17, 2020 at 5:35 AM

    really a very useful information given by you. this article are really amazing and very useful. i learned lot of things from this post. article is nicely explained and easy to understand. thanks for sharing this valuable information with us. keep your good work.

  • rachel green
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    June 4, 2020 at 8:25 AM

    AVG for digital safety & privacy to his known unknown fan, relatives, and followers. AVG business download paid version and keep your details safe.

  • Iris
    · Reply

    June 15, 2020 at 11:10 PM

    This is always an interesting topic to bring up at the dinner table with my more conspiracy theory minded friends. This will add more fuel to their fire! I can’t wait to share.

  • Priyanka
    · Reply

    October 3, 2020 at 8:41 AM

    This is always an interesting topic to bring up at the dinner table with my more conspiracy theory minded friends. This will add more fuel to their fire! I can’t wait to share.

  • Akhi
    · Reply

    December 11, 2020 at 1:36 PM

    Hi Author,

    I am truly grateful to the owner of this website who has shared this great piece of writing.

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