{"id":2835,"date":"2013-10-03T12:30:26","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T16:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com.au\/blog\/?p=2835"},"modified":"2020-02-27T03:36:06","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T16:36:06","slug":"do-people-need-online-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com.au\/blog\/do-people-need-online-privacy\/2835\/","title":{"rendered":"Do people need online privacy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Almost everyone knows computers need virus protection. Knowledge about safety and privacy-friendly online behavior is much less widespread, though, and extensive media coverage of Edward Snowden\u2019s leaks regarding U.S. government surveillance didn\u2019t even change the situation. We\u2019ve asked ordinary people, what they think about online tracking, how they protect themselves and what kind of tracking is more irritating \u2013 government, commercial and advertising entities, or spying relatives and employers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2013\/10\/06045531\/steal_title_EN-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2836\" alt=\"steal_title_EN (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2013\/10\/06045531\/steal_title_EN-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"420\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Alex, 20<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Occupation: undergraduate student<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Hobby: skateboarding<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2838\" alt=\"survey-alexander\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2013\/10\/06045527\/survey-alexander.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"278\"><\/p>\n<p>Tracking bothers everyone. No one wants to disclose special moments in his\/her life. Most people gladly share data, but the active collection of other information is a bad thing.<\/p>\n<p>All types of tracking worries me. However, consequences are different. The Government never acted on me, but if your wife spies on you \u2013 you\u2019ll probably see the results very quickly. To protect my privacy, I don\u2019t publically share information about my whereabouts and current intentions; I tell important stories only in person, not online. And I use an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/products\/home\/anti-virus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">antivirus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Dmitry, 31 <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Occupation: <\/b><b>software <\/b><b>testing <\/b><b>specialist<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Hobby: biking, ping pong, billiards, snowboarding <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2013\/10\/06045525\/survey-dmitry0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2839\" alt=\"survey-dmitry0\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2013\/10\/06045525\/survey-dmitry0.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"270\"><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t care about online tracking.\u00a0 I doubt anyone bothers to track me, personally. The only possible exception is an ex-girlfriend, which might be annoying \u2013 especially on social networks. To protect myself, I \u00a0use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com.au\/blog\/21st-century-passwords\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complicated passwords<\/a> to prevent others from prying into my accounts.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Roman, 39 <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Occupation: purchasing manager <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Hobby: rollerblades, parenting<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2013\/10\/06045524\/survey-roman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2840\" alt=\"survey-roman\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2013\/10\/06045524\/survey-roman.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"246\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s almost impossible and pointless to hide anything on the Internet today. If someone has interest in your affairs, he will be able to dig everything up on you very quickly. So I don\u2019t even try to hide anything \u2013 it\u2019s easy to Google me, I have a blog full of details about my life \u2013 you\u2019re welcome to visit! I only try to avoid malware and use my email address wisely to receive fewer spam messages.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Dmitry, 24 <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Occupation: <\/b><b>IT <\/b><b>administrator <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Hobby: <\/b><b>photography, <\/b><b>hiking<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2013\/10\/06045522\/survey-dmitry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2841\" alt=\"survey-dmitry\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2013\/10\/06045522\/survey-dmitry.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"253\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I pay more attention to commercial tracking performed by Facebook, Google and others. We are bound to those IT giants. They provide free services, but in reality, we pay with our personal data. Then our data is sold to unknown third parties, so it\u2019s difficult to predict long-term consequences. Consequences that are more obvious come from corporate monitoring. I know this very well because I am responsible for such monitoring in my company. If you \u201cmisbehave,\u201d you\u2019ll learn about ongoing surveillance by your wife or employer very quickly.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t implement specific anti-tracking protection, but I pay attention to network threats in general. For example, I don\u2019t use open Wi-Fi hotspots without activating my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com.au\/blog\/vpns-use\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Arthur, 26 <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Occupation: dairy products manufacturing technician<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Hobby: Kaspersky Lab fan club<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2013\/10\/06045520\/survey-arthur2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2842\" alt=\"survey-arthur2\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2013\/10\/06045520\/survey-arthur2.jpg\" width=\"269\" height=\"240\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Honestly speaking, I don\u2019t have much to hide. However, I don\u2019t like when someone spies on me. It\u2019s especially unpleasant to read new revelations about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/aug\/24\/nsa-analysts-abused-surveillance-systems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NSA analysts<\/a> using U.S. surveillance databases for personal reasons. \u00a0In real life, the most irritating thing is advertiser tracking because it constantly shows the same irrelevant ads.\u00a0 To protect myself, I use strong passwords and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/multi-device-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kaspersky Internet Security \u2013 Multi-Device<\/a>, of course.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Ivan, 21 <\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Occupation: undergraduate student <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Hobby: Formula 1<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2013\/10\/06045519\/survey-ivan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2843\" alt=\"survey-ivan\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2013\/10\/06045519\/survey-ivan.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"218\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t really worry about government tracking. I have nothing illegal to hide. The thing that shouldn\u2019t be possible is a simple data collection on me using Google searches or other tools. That\u2019s why I try to avoid using my real name on random sites, I use several temporary emails to reduce spam, etc. I\u2019m not married, so I don\u2019t have a wife spying on me yet . However, my ex used to track my messages with friends, which was the cause for some conflicts. We shared the same computer, so it was almost inevitable. You can see the consequences of spying almost in real time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost everyone knows computers need virus protection. 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