Digital Footprint

Digital Footprint

1. Are digital footprints a problem?

   • We as internet user don't like the fact that our information is being put out there like our phone number, pictures, friends and family.

2. Why did we start leaving such big footprints ?

   • We leave these footprints behind because of our activity on a certain website that grabs the user ip and reveal there info and when doing this it allows ads to follow or someone to keep track of you.

3. What is a digital footprint?

   • A digital footprint is information that is left behind from people recent activity on the internet

4. What is the economic bargain for the internet user?

   • When it comes to economics, businesses can gain an advantage for using digital footprints to try and catch the internet user intent to buying there products and services

5. Do different devices make different digital devices?

   • Two different devices can leave different digital footprints such as a modern phone and a desktop. A phone leaves behind a more diverse footprint where it take a lot more time for the digital footprint to take place. While a desktop is more open to other users to capture more information from the desktop you are using.

6. How can I manage my digital footprint?

   • Managing your digital Footprint take thought, time, and effort. This also requires your info to be secured when going on a different website on the internet and also limiting how much info you put up about yourself.

7. Who is taking me and how do they do it?

   • The way people use track others are used in many ways. From internet users to government track you by using cookies. these cookies are attached to you as soon as you spend sometime on a website.

8. What dynamics are at work with digital footprints?

   • There are three dynamics that are at play is cultural, economics, and convenience. All of these dynamics can lead to people on the internet to leave a trail of digital footprints behind.

9. How does legislation affect our digital footprint?

   • When it comes to tracking in the internet world the government also has to share in it. This plays into protecting internet users rights from there information being used for any harm, scams, and etc...