Name: You’re Being Watched Right Now | NYT Opinion
Uploaded: 2020-04-13T17:06:20.000Z
Duration: 12 min 16 s
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"It amazes me how often I hear from people,

I have nothing to fear from people spying on me."

"You are followed 24/7, 365 days a year."

I mean, even we're doing it to you right now.

Despite that, you haven't gone through the settings

know you don't read the terms and conditions

But while you're busy not thinking about it,

your private information is being raided, traded

In this video, we're going to test your privacy comfort

the most inviting glass of beer you've ever tasted."

For a long time, advertising was an art of guesswork.

The madmen could only hope that you were thirsty.

But now, they can tell exactly how you're feeling.

to tell you about a little experiment we did.

"I'm an opinion columnist at The New York Times

And at the start of the year, he volunteered.

and then, you know, publish all that in the newspaper."

able to see what websites Farhad visited.

But more importantly, what those websites

"So I started the day on Google and did a search.

And nine trackers were downloaded onto my computer."

These are tiny text files or even just a pixel sometimes.

"Trackers do what it sounds like they do.

They can get my I.P. address or the device I'm using

They were able to determine my location very precisely.

Next, I went to HuffPo, and I was swarmed.

Every site Farhad visited, the trackers followed him.

is happening to you right now, don't you?

You're just not supposed to know about it.

O.K., so different companies know the model of your phone.

With all of your private data, the trackers send it away to

So there's this gigantic digital marketplace

where your personal information is auctioned off

except instead of humans arguing over you,

It all happens in a split second, every time

"The fact that parts of me are being bought and sold

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