Human Rights

It is no secret that the NSA is, or is at least capable of, tracking your every move. Many people also realize that advertisers have a lot more access to tracking you than you’d think (or like), but most people do not.

Your phone is constantly connected to cellular towers, scanning for WiFi, and in some cases searching for Bluetooth. To make wireless connections, a handshake of sorts has to take place. This handshake includes some indentifiers to tell the source who you are. This information isn’t your name or email address, but a MAC address is unique enough to pretty easily trace you as an individual.

Internet providers have no place prioritizing or discriminating against types of internet traffic. The providers have one goal: profits. This does not end well for customers.

Gizmodo: FBI Can Turn on Webcams Without the Indicator Light

I can’t say I am surprised, but what happens next? As much as I’d like to think change is possible, there are a lot of stagnant voters out there. That being said there are a lot of good people doing good things out there at the same time.