It seems like, every living soul on this planet with a pen to write and forum to post to, is talking about digital privacy. More than half of them are usually have the same things to say, that applications, organisations and services are stealing your private data and selling it.
All of my news feed about technology is mostly full of headlines like “HUAWEI FINED FOR SENDING USER DATA TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT” and “FACEBOOK SUED BILLIONS FOR LEAKING USER DATA” and while most of them are true and genuinely nefarious, some just make a bunch of innocent softwares and devices look bad.
For Example, The Huawei Matebook 13 Boasts high-performance specs for Mid-level price of 999 usd (69872 inr), but is still not clearly recomended by any major website or channel because of HUAWEI’s reputation of leaking user data to the chinese Government. Due to China’s involvement in the tech giant, the US government has restricted government employees from using Huawei devices ENTIRELY under the pretext of protecting crucial data.
And this makes the product and the company as a whole look bad. Worse than it should. I mean, sure nobody wants their personal data to be seen by anyone without one’s consent. But this goes both ways, as in the Chinese government does not want to be going through laptops and phones with are filled with YouTube thumbnails and cat videos.
It’s stuff like this that I want to point out. Because a really good and affordable product doesn’t get the credit (and the sales) it should, just because of potential issue that people highlight as a ‘Deal-Breaker’.
Hi people! This is my first blog post. Thanks for spending a few minutes of your day on my thoughts! I will be posting a couple of more of these mostly dedicated to technology and science and will be trying to make them as easy to understand as possible, while keeping the knowledge at formidable level. If you like my work, I’m grateful. If you don’t like it, you can help me improve by giving feedback and constructive criticism. Goodbye!
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