There’s Virtually Nothing You Can Do To Protect Your Online Privacy

In the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned, online privacy is on everyone's minds. But according to privacy experts, the entire way we think about and understand what 'privacy' actually means... is wrong.
In this new Think Again, NBC News Correspondent Andrew Stern dives deep into digital privacy - what it really means, how we got to this point, how it impacts every facet of our lives, and how little of it we actually have.
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[@MAG320]

"I don't have anything to hide, so there's nothing to worry about." Heh. Wait until somebody hi-jacks your bank account.

[@antoniodesimone4689]

so what is your solution? we shouldn't own a bank account because someone could do that? I assume you keep your money under your bed... what about your you tube account??? You want to use the internet and take advantage of it? well you have to let these company collect data so they can make a profit and keep all these great services efficient and relaible! and waht is wrong with getting targeted ads? it's actually a service for you.

[@antoniodesimone4689]

@Zoom I understand it pretty good actually, definitely more than you paranoid individuals. I know the risks and if you don't want risks just don't use the internet. But don't expect that companies shouldn't profit from you in some ways, it is completely normal and natural. So instead of telling me that I don't understand put your money where your mouth is and delete your social media account or don't use internet, or maybe go use those trash search engines like duck something and those useless VPN services. Even better would you pay a monthly fee to use you tube or Google? Because if they can't track you and send you relevant ads they cannot run these platforms 🤷🏻‍♂️ as simple as that.

[@Ali-wd9dr]

@@antoniodesimone4689 r/whoosh about every point made in this video lolll. Sheep.

[@DamonMars-os5yu]

These people dont know how the real world works and have never been hacked.

[@3Looy]

Thats security not privacy

[@Keno_33]

we need more people talking about digital privacy and applying pressure to decision makers to protect privacy rights

[@archanapetkar4698]

Security for online Banking services

[@TheLadyaec]

Addresses and phone numbers should never be public from names online. Imagine any stranger that finds out your name , a cashier, a classmate, a bad date can find you.

[@mrx1278]

My friends think I am just being paranoid about this subject as I refuse to join any social media platform. You have expressed the same sentiment as I have and I was pleasantly warmed hearing someone with the same opinion. I also think, if the information is mine to start with, if nothing can stop this, I should at least get a cut of the profits.

[@andra5979]

You're on a social media platform, right now. You signed up with your information on Google in order to make an account to watch KZbin.

[@mrx1278]

@@andra5979 not really...

[@joeygrant3983]

I feel like we are in a dystopian world

[@3orion33]

I have blackout tape over my camera eye on my computer. Both to be seen and take pictures. Thus I keep getting a pop up screen asking me to speak/say specific words. I don't comply. I don't want my face, eye or voice print known. So, the sudden command to speak increases and sometimes my ability to get rid of this invasion is nearly impossible.....even to shut down my screen freezes for awhile. I think I am upsetting the computer system.

[@kevincairo8917]

Lol i think your windows got a malware mate. I know microsoft is hungry for data but they dont act this erratic to get yours. Better get that checked

[@mateoberroeta1793]

Get Linux Mint.

[@AngelWatkins-yu3yw]

Ps disable speech services on your phone and turn off background data n background battery on it

[@unknown_codec_404]

Sorry to say that but if you actually want privacy you need to get out of Windows

[@lildeezn]

get malwarebytes dawg

[@paul2019monte]

Very thought provoking. I really appreciate the distinction regarding privacy and having agency over what others know about you.

[@sookiebear9215]

Since the internet, there is no such thing as privacy anymore. 😪

[@circleofsorrow4583]

That's not true. Use virtual machines for the fun of confusing the alphabet.

[@Sasha-zw9ss]

@@circleofsorrow4583 That's... Not the full answer. But yeah, the argument persists: it's still there, but you have to know how to protect it.

[@youtubedj9298]

I just wish people would apologize for calling me paranoid for the last 2 decades...

[@coolerking7427]

@@circleofsorrow4583 And actual paid VPNs are good if not in the Five Eyes Countries. Getting off Facebook and Amazon helps too.

[@nobleokami9746]

@@youtubedj9298Don't worry I feel the same thing.

[@NA-gi3vb]

These issues have been known & talked about for a while now, obviously there is a disconnect for most people between individual consequences from their data being collected. Hopefully more content like this highlighting the real & potential risks of data harvesting will lead to more people giving this issue the serious attention it rates.

[@t.k3579]

Being completely private and being online, you can only have one. That just how the internet works since day one.

[@Bunch-of-numbers]

Is this modern time, I'm more scared of the use that private companies could do with my data than the government use.

[@chancefoxhauck475]

Cleverly omiting the name of these "databrokers" and the one he requested a copy of his data from ...

[@agentsmith7866]

Wait until you find out that most of your guys can instantly find your personal information within 5 to 10 minutes like your address and who you might be living with.

[@user-td3ut4tg3v]

There is one thing you can do: stop posting online

[@sylwester9761]

Unfortunately it's true. You can't be anonymous anymore.

[@thedanwriter1]

There’s websites like data seal and one rep that provide services to remove your personal info online

[@kurtarici_siyah_sancak]

They think that I am the savior of Islam, but the true religion or thought is hidden, it is true.

[@skid1233]

how do you get one of these reports?

[@tbolton6156]

This beast is out the box now, given no boundaries.

[@dennismclaurin1487]

You mean ' out of the pit'

[@leilanij2567]

It just goes to show this privacy issue is not just roe v wade, which is important but just tip of the iceberg! Crazy. I knew it.

[@Bunch-of-numbers]

I would like to know how to legally request a copy of this data gathered and to which databrokers and how to ask for it.

[@Juuxr]

Aaaaaand nothing about neoliberalism or late capitalism.

[@tylerlawlerDEVGRU]

No lie. No one respects boundaries these days.

[@thisoldbot]

It's refreshing to see professor solov talk about this I thought I was going insane talking about this but not being able to articulate just like this. We don't ask why. We don't ask what you mean? We just make these "inferences"

[@piedpiper7583]

There is no such concept as internet privacy. All internet communication is routinely monitored and can be viewed openly by any public body with the technology to do so. Usually local law enforcement. It is only protected on the stored servers not while being viewed or accessed

[@readifdumb]

Not if it’s encrypted.

[@Jolien_birbwhisperer]

I'm quite shocked

[@angryox3102]

I requested my file from the broker in the video, I’m still waiting on the request to be approved. Will be interesting to see what’s contained in it, it’s pretty scary how much information that they already knew about me for the identity verification request.

[@andyokus5735]

From this video???

[@_Amor_Fati]

@angryox3102 please give an update 🙏

[@GiyuTomiokaTheOneAndOnly]

Irony of Posting this video on KZbin

[@Oneisover]

So an antivirus and a vpn isnt the solution 😢

[@frederiquecouture3924]

They got the music: scans......Hospital Cacophony ...

[@38Jemar]

That's not the Internet. This every day life in the hood 🌅

[@higurashianduminekoconnect1702]

Not true they just signed a bill 2022 for companies to sell your data. For 1, there were other alternative ways they could have watched what you were buying without looking at your data. Them buying and selling data was just an excuse to break the law. That's why they signed a bill to make it illegal and added it to the privacy protection act.

[@nonamefuqyou]

this is why i dont use tech much and remove all the apps from my phone. i dont shop on line i dont use "social media" if i have to sign up or in like google or youtube they dont get my real name

[@Berto_G1]

There are ways, but it means not being connected! If no one has a connection then no one can see or think (if one cares) about one's opinion or knowledge.

[@kunalkadam1052]

Thank you, sir.

[@Berto_G1]

Stealing illegal and private data from public individuals is a criminal act that majority of governments say is theirs but if it is theirs then they would obtain from their own mindset instead of stealing and selling someone's else mindset. Bottom Line!

[@AngelWatkins-yu3yw]

Use cash not cards then they can't track your purchase this is also y you should not use loyalty cards

[@dennismclaurin1487]

Suppose the world transitions to paying for everything with cards in the future

[@marcusturner9397]

Y’all gotta learn how to control your own minds while taking information

[@mikediaz-xo1ie]

Battlenet employee here... theres been ai in our microphones for years.

[@obitouchiha1918]

Surveillance capitalism

[@CoverageAwarenessStudio]

Y'all should go after the department of motor vehicles and all government agencies since they sell your data...

[@88command0]

This is definitely something to think about if you have a son, daughter etc and you think for a single second that there privacy is not being violated think again pervs are everywhere

[@m.hankins2210]

It is not impossible.

[@craigb8228]

Does Requesting a Personal Information Report help?

[@zhanucong4614]

No

[@alezandradavila2581]

Sad

[@youarespam3383]

Degoogle ur phones use only tor browser and private messaging apps not the big ones

[@-p2349]

I use tor

[@Tark_]

Librewolf is better for casual use on PC and Bromite is better for casual use on a phone (at least it gets recent updates now) You also have a far better time with Tor on PC with Tails

[@turnip5359]

*LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY IN EUROPEAN*

[@PrayForMariMariEmmanuel]

Does your country do this to people? If not, which country? Please 💕 I want to leave this place so badly.

[@helloworld5644]

Eh, I'm just wanting to make sure that my info is not being used for identity theft....the rest? If u have a debit card or cell phone u have been tracked for years...

[@kan-zee]

From Privacy , you become attached to Online Piracy, of your identity and life.

[@alezandradavila2581]

I am not a fan of kids being on there

[@thisoldbot]

this is exactly what I'm talking about.

[@DCast4589]

Geolocation data is real even when you don’t have internet or phone service.

[@NTKM-om9vn]

Nope....

[@mateoberroeta1793]

@@NTKM-om9vn Fun fact! You can easily get your location triangulated with cellular towers, and now, with 5G out there, this method of triangulation is as effective as if you were to use Wi-Fi to locate a subject, which is pretty darn precise.

[@moonman239]

But on iPhone, apps need your permission to use your location.

[@synrs]

lol yeah ik

[@moonman239]

Get a VPN, that should help keep your information private.

[@CoverageAwarenessStudio]

misleading title! There are many ways to have online privacy

[@marshalllee4179]

31.07.2022 (17:48 pm)

[@shazbots]

Hmm, this might be a dumb question, but couldn't you use a Tor Browser to circumvent some of these issues?

[@C0PE_]

Literally

[@AngelWatkins-yu3yw]

Unfortunately Facebook apps are preinstalled on newer phones,u can't stop Facebook cuz of it even if u don't have Facebook they have your personal information

[@j2hel]

your traffic can still be decrypted at the exit node, even with a proxy chain to mask this you are sacrificing lots of convenience and time

[@turnip5359]

or you could just move to a country that actually has laws regarding personal data

[@_Amor_Fati]

​@@turnip5359I hear that country would be Iceland!?!

[@dannyk7226]

This is wrong. Everyone deserves the right to some privacy in their life

[@Berto_G1]

There are ways, but it means not being connected! If no one has a connection then no one can see or think (if one cares) about one's opinion or knowledge. Bottom Line.

[@shawn6669]

Social media needs to be nationalized.

[@craigb8228]

It is. Most media sources are owned by China.

[@-_Somebody_]

Nikka wut?

[@dennismclaurin1487]

Those of this evil ,perverse, adulterous generation would love that idea

[@TheZeyon]

Were watching with intrest until he pointlessly brought up race in the middle of a video about online privacy...

[@unkown34x33]

You either become a watch dog, or stop living. It's mostly annoying at this point... I was just watching a stream, they were randomly the HBO rip off Scubby show, and I didn't even searched for it. Guess what... KZbin showed me.

[@teresasmith4145]

8 billion opinions 😳

[@dennismclaurin1487]

And the opinions of the wicked always dominate. Truth( God's law) is cast to the ground ( + Dan.8:12) Satan is winning, in the basis for argument, to overthrow the government, by reason of transgression

[@avibrar9979]

YNWA❤

[@kyraocity]

6:32 Marginalized communities 9:50 abortions

[@teresasmith4145]

Satan is the Prince of the airwaves. It is God Almightys promise those that love God will get to see all evil done away with.

[@kellycook3914]

What makes you think the biblical god mythology is any more real than Greek mythology?

[@aussiegruber86]

I love story time, fiction is my favourite

[@Ahhdjx]

@@kellycook3914 you are blind!!!!!!!!🙈🙉🙊💩💩💩

[@andyokus5735]

Let's hope so but don't hold your breath. I canceled my Amazon account because they are the biggest developer of Facial Recognition. China is Amerika's model.

[@teresasmith4145]

@@kellycook3914 leave mythology to the mythologist. God is the only True King, The alpha and the Omega, The beginning and the end. It is Gods promise that those that love God, will get to see ALL evil done away with.

[@warlordmacilvernock1979]

Shouldn't the government mandate that data brokers pay royalties to us when our data is sold? Also, is the sale of this data taxed?

[@rdshep4873]

Id like to know how much money they made and the names of the " clients" who bought my data.... Fair enough

[@deeraineeri9429]

Except not creating an online account / profile ...

[@reichen666]

1:36 Best solution (for the greedy, inhumane tech capitalists)

[@infinitequest4179]

All Breached

[@adamjutras7024]

Violence. That's what we can do. There's also tails and whonix OS.

[@420DOTcom7]

y do plp act like this is news _🤔

[@xxbatflowerxx]

Why I'm plannjng in becoming a Luddite in 2023...

[@tilbon3357]

Explain this in fortnite terms?????

[@joeyp9306]

Please stop talking

[@tilbon3357]

@@joeyp9306 Storm's closing in fr, stay safe out here

[@KillsAll.]

That producer looked like a kid tryin to sit with grownups at lunch. Kid to self: grownups make these kind of faces, touch their faces like this and look serious. Imma grownup errybody!😂

[@TheStrangeKage]

VPN.?

[@Berto_G1]

Of course spend your money on ideas that might have been legal or not. The face of today is be rich no matter how much hardship can created. Lives do not mean anything in certain mindsets. Not mine but who am I, although I might be consider rich not in fudicary funds! Bottom line!

[@coolerking7427]

This is a all lies. You can protect yourself many different ways. He is full of crap.

[@dorkydicken]

That's because Privacy is a Narcissists Unreal Fantasy, and it's never Really Existed. If it ever was real, and legitimate, then we'd never have ever had eavesdropping neighbors, tabloids and gossipers. But we do though, and we're even guilty of invading others privacy. So let's not be so self-absorbed, and move on to a real problem we can tackle.

[@jaredgarbo3679]

Eavesdropping can only work whilst your around. They cant get other info like banking info from listening.

[@RR2Ch]

RIP Twitter 2006-2022 🪦 😭 that sad news.

[@-_Somebody_]

😂 😂 😂 😂 BEST NEWS EVERRRR

[@Berto_G1]

Stealing illegal and private data from public individuals is a criminal act that majority of governments say is theirs but if it is theirs then they would obtain from their own mindset instead of stealing and selling someone's else mindset. Bottom Line!