{"id":6909,"date":"2017-11-30T02:29:19","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T10:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/?p=6909"},"modified":"2020-08-26T15:12:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T22:12:18","slug":"once-again-if-you-carry-a-sensor-of-any-kind-you-must-assume-it-to-be-active-you-cant-trust-pinky-promises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/once-again-if-you-carry-a-sensor-of-any-kind-you-must-assume-it-to-be-active-you-cant-trust-pinky-promises\/","title":{"rendered":"Once again: If you carry a sensor of any kind, you must assume it to be active and collecting data, you can’t trust pinky promises"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Quartz revealed, Google has been tracking your location since the start of 2017. At this point, the story should not be about why Google did this, but why, with all the experience at hand, anybody expected otherwise. Privacy is your own responsibility today.<\/p>\n

When Quartz<\/a> broke the story that Google is tracking and collecting data about your location even with \u201clocation services\u201d turned off, it was kind of a big story last week. But the big problem here isn\u2019t that Google was collecting data hidden somewhere deep inside their Terms of Service, even if you had thought you had turned it off. The problem is that people are carrying around a device they know is fully capable of collecting a lot of data \u2014 location, orientation, speed, recorded audio, whatever the camera sees \u2014 and expect it to never do that.<\/p>\n

\u201cFool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The attitude that you are carrying around an active connected sensor, and are in full control of everything it does \u2014 this expectation is na\u00efve, at best. It\u2019s certainly the way the things should be in an ideal world. But we cannot expect the world to be rainbows and unicorns.<\/p>\n

The Snowden documents, more than anything, showed the brutal truth of today: if a type of data collection is technically possible, then it is taking place right now. That\u2019s all that matters. If it is technically doable. Not whether you have given permission, because of course you haven\u2019t, and never would, so various constructs are made to circumvent asking for your permission.<\/p>\n

So, once again:<\/p>\n

If you carry a sensor, an electronic sensor of any kind<\/em>, then you must assume it to be active at all times. In particular, you can never trust someone\u2019s promise that it won\u2019t be.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re carrying around a phone, you\u2019re carrying around a ton of sensors. You must assume them all to be active at all times. This particularly includes the microphone \u2014 to illustrate, your Android phone\u2019s microphone doesn\u2019t turn on only after you say \u201cOk, Google\u201d, for if it did, how did it hear you saying \u201cOk, Google\u201d?<\/p>\n

The only way to hold a private conversation today is to leave all electronic devices behind \u2014 all<\/em> electronic devices \u2014 and go for a walk outside of your home. When you\u2019re online, using Tor and\/or a VPN connection is a good start to protect your privacy, but no replacement for good information hygiene overall.<\/p>\n

If it\u2019s technically possible to collect the data, it is already happening.<\/p>\n

Your privacy remains your own responsibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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