Adam Shostack: Technology and Privacy


Adam Shostack's career as a security and privacy expert has enabled him to study various aspects of privacy in the digital age. Adam Shostack, like many other experts, knows that as technology continues to become a vital aspect of people's lives, tech also becomes more involved with the personal side of life, sometimes more intrusively than someone would want.
As technology advances, more personal information about you is continuously being collected. Your personal device (laptop, smartphone, tablet) probably knows more of you than your friends. Tech has become part of life, and it carries a lot of personal information, from private messages to friends and family, to pictures, audio files, calendar and contacts list.
Since individuals have become so comfortable with technology, it’s easy to ignore the need to stay aware of the various ways personal information can be compromised. Even deleting cannot adequately assure the safety of such information, especially since it's been shown that with the right tools, recovery of deleted data is possible.
If you opt to keep personal information on your device, then take the necessary measures to prevent hackers, identity thieves or even strangers from access it.
Adam Shostack is a consultant and technologist with decades of experience.

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