After recording a day\u2019s worth of all of the possible contributions to big data that I made, I found that a great deal of my online activity could be giving away more personal information than I would have originally considered. The site that I believe could be getting the least amount of data out of me is, ironically, the one I probably use the most. At the start of my day, approximately 9 a.m., I logged onto the social media website Tumblr. While I spent a great deal of time during yesterday blogging about my various interests, I think that the nature of a Tumblr user\u2019s sporadic posting makes it difficult to uncover any discernible patterns from their entries. The next website I used for most of the day, starting at around 10 a.m., was Youtube. I used this while I was studying to listen to music that I couldn\u2019t download into an MP3 format. The \u201cother videos you might like\u201d feature showed me that Youtube actually has a lot of difficulty discerning between my various interests (either by subject matter or content). Youtube is also linked to my Google Plus account, which means that Google is getting data related to my video interests as well.<\/p>\n
I used Facebook briefly, around 1:00 p.m., to message the supervisor for an internship that I\u2019m taking part in. While I doubt that Facebook could gleam any useful information from that one post, the website in general is one of the largest potential threats in terms of forming my online persona. I also received a message from a girl I\u2019ve been speaking to on the dating app Tinder. This app uses Facebook to build a profile, meaning that the social media outlet has access to parts of my love life that I\u2019d normally prefer to keep private. Closer throughout the end of the day, 3 p.m. through 6 p.m., I was using the gaming platform Steam. Along with my name, phone number, and credit card information, Steam has access to my video game interests as well. I used Netflix briefly that day as well, around 8 p.m., which gathers a lot of similar data that Steam does but for film\/TV.<\/p>\n
The picture that I believe these websites can paint of me is of someone who has specific interests in film, TV, and video games and other facets of popular culture. I don\u2019t believe I have enough negative\/misleading information out there that could form an \u201cincorrect\u201d picture of me, but it\u2019s difficult to be certain. Even if I wanted to opt-out of my inclusion in big data, it would be impractical for someone like me who enjoys the multitude of benefits that come from having several digital services.<\/p>\n
At what point will a website\u2019s ability to read my data allow them to know what my interests and habits are before I do, with more accuracy than current versions of that service have?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After recording a day\u2019s worth of all of the possible contributions to big data that I made, I found that a great deal of my online activity could be giving away more personal information than I would have originally considered. The site that I believe could be getting the least amount of data out of
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