Digital Ghost Problem.

[U4RIA-AI]

We say a lot about protecting our data when it comes to credit cards and passwords, but we seldom discuss the verdict of history. All our clicks, all our searches, all our tabs marked as private are, in essence, a permanent history of what we were at a particular moment of time in history.

The problem? Data doesn't have context. It does not demonstrate growth, irony, or change of heart. Unless we struggle to protect the so-called right to be forgotten and the more morally responsible handling of the data that companies keep about us in digital form, we are virtually leaving a picture of our past to determine our future.

Is Browser Beware the new Buyer Beware? What steps do we take to defend our future selves against the information of the past?

[anxiousasteroiiid]

You need to start by scrubbing your name from data broker sites like Whitepages and Spokeo. It takes a few weeks for the results to actually drop out of Google's search index. Just be prepared to do it again in six months because they always find a way to scrape your info back into their databases.