If you've been around the internet in the past month, you might've heard of various things happening recently in regards to personal privacy on the internet. Things like Google Chrome's "Topics", or modern cars with "digital hubs" being detrimental to privacy universally, or how some of the most intimate searches for medical care are tracked and collected against your will.

All of these are things that the average person doesn't know about, primarily because big media isn't paid to report on these issues, but also because the companies that actually do all of these wrongs try their best to make sure that you don't get to know any of this. Google for example describes their new "Topics" feature which directly gives websites access to a rough overview of your browsing history as "enhanced ad privacy" to make people believe this is any better than it was before. And that even though it's arguably the same, if not worse.

This is why I personally believe that as more technical people, we have the duty to inform our peers. We as more technical people should inform our friends, family, coworkers or anyone else that this is happening and show them how to take back the control that they've lost due to big tech. We as more technical people should not stand by and hope that this resolves itself, and rather actively encourage privacy in our day-to-day lives in any way possible. Whether this be that you talk to your friends about new or existing issues or you use social media to spread awareness doesn't matter, but I believe that with the technical knowledge that we have as enthusiasts we can make a difference.

---

Thanks for reading! I wish you a good rest of the day, evening, night, or whatever other time you're reading this!

Bit of a short one today, but I needed to blurt out that thought of mine.