In the most recent episode of 'Last Week Tonight,' host John Oliver came up with a creative approach to fixing the problem with data brokers.
“Your privacy should be the default setting here”
This time, Oliver and his staff became the buyer in the aforementioned scenario. They bought data on individuals with specific traits that US congressmen would have. They also had a digital footprint within five miles of the Capitol building. So, a fishing expedition, in other words., the host was coy about what they found. But it seems they were able to not only identify more than one specific lawmaker from the data obtained.
He went on to direct iPhone users to head to their privacy menu and look for the tracking setting. Then, turn off the allowance of apps requesting to track you. But that shouldn’t be on you, he continued. “Your privacy should be the default setting here.”
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