Why should your privacy online be important to you? As I talked about here, companies are happy to sell history of your online activities, but does that matter? After all, if you’re not doing anything wrong, what do you have to hide, right?
Maybe we have to know what companies are doing with our information to be concerned about it. For instance, imagine your online activities affecting your credit? It’s true, companies are using what you talk about and who your friends are on facebook to influence what kind of credit risk they think you are.
Even when we think we are taking steps to stay private does it really work? If it’s not in the company’s best interest for them to allow you to go private, why would they? This article appears to show that “Google’s tool bar continues to track browsing even after users choose disable”
The truth is we know very little about how our online activity is being used now and there is no way to even guess how it will be used in the future.
Cocoon is designed to protect your privacy. It is in our best interest that your information and online history remains yours alone. (Plus we’ll help keep you free from malware and viruses, but more on that later. . .) Stay tuned to this blog and our tweets @DavidCocoonApp for more news and future availability.
