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Ways Technology Threatens Your Privacy (and How to Protect Yourself)

by Riva Richmond on May 14, 2009 at 02:14 PM



12) Cell phone privacy

As on the Web, marketers (and sometimes government agencies) are eager to collect information about us by tracking how and where we use our increasingly powerful mobile devices. They'd like to gather demographic and behavioral clues from our use of the Web and zoom in on our physical locations, revealed by GPS data, so they can deliver targeted ads, perhaps for stores and even products on the shelves we're standing beside. The Center for Digital Democracy recommends asking your wireless company some pointed questions about their policies and pushing for privacy protections. You should also read and weigh the privacy policies for any location-aware apps you use on your iPhone.

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