An “edge case” is an example of something that while unlikely, can definitely happen. We use the internet under all the terms of service of our providers, but rarely consider how this could become a liability. Here are some unlikely, yet possible cases to consider. Provider stores your data in another country and therefore your data is now subject to their laws. You may become…
What are Service Providers?
We use electronic devices and the internet all the time, but do not understand where the lines between all the different services are drawn. Here are several categories of service providers. Your Phone Company This is the communications network/service that your phone or computer connects to and allows you to make telephone calls and use the internet. Examples in Canada are Rogers, Bell Canada, Shaw,…
What you agreed to
User Generated Content A new source of monetizable renewable raw material is called User Generated Content or UGC. This is an excerpt from YouTube’s TOS, same as Google, Apple, Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, etc. Any variations are small, the substance remains the same from provider to provider: … by submitting Content to YouTube, you hereby grant YouTube a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to…
What is Privacy?
Default control over your data, is privacy. Your personal metrics, financial data, geographic data, biometric data, and data that you generate, should be considered private. In most terms of service that you have agreed to, there is egregious overreach in their interpretation of data ownership, claiming nearly complete copyrights over anything you transmit over their network. “Private” means the default amount of information you give…
What is Software?
By definition, Software gets between you and what you want. Originally, software was a tool to accomplish a task. However, once the internet was commercialized, software became a way to funnel users into creating and giving up information. The invention of the “smartphone”, basically the iPhone, and the rise in popularity of Facebook are the key inflection points when hardware (phones) and software (apps) shifted…
Why you need Zenfoil
Takeaway points All data you produce no matter how inconsequential is being captured, analyzed, and stored for monetization now, and in the future. Data security and user privacy was not designed into the infrastructure of the internet. Because the constituent networks all began as private networks, there was no imperative to build in data security at that time. Service providers intentionally mislead you with Deceptive…