Digital Security I was a little surprised while looking through the permissions. I was mostly surprised because I didn’t find any app that had permissions I didn’t give. My phone always prompts me. It’s mostly just social media, so they had permissions like Camera, Storage, Microphone, etc. Everyone always talks about apps and other programs […]

After a bit of a gap in my 23 things journey, I’m back to it with Digital Security. Digital security isn’t something I’ve probably given enough thought to in the past. I am a reserved and suspicious person by nature so tend not to dive into signing up for apps willy nilly. As a parent … Continue reading Thing 4

This exercise was interesting because it was something that I had thought about before and I regularly check my privacy settings on my phone. The interesting thing this time was that I also checked which apps were allowed to access my location and under what circumstances. Apps such as games automatically had access to my location … Continue reading Thing 4

What ISN’T being accessed by our apps on our phones? I think this is the more pertinent question regarding our digital security and how much we allow applications access to our personal information. My mother especially is someone who will actively not download some apps to her phone because she doesn’t like their permissions. I … Continue reading Things 3 & 4: Digital Footprint & Security