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Digital privacy is a myth

Digital privacy is a myth. In today’s world, everything you do online leaves a trail — and someone’s always watching. From governments running mass surveillance to tech giants selling your data, the truth is harsh: Digital privacy doesn’t really exist anymore. 🕵️‍♂️💻 Think twice before saying “I’ve got nothing to hide.” Your personal information, browsing habits, and even private conversations are gold mines for advertisers, corporations, and authorities.
3 September 2025 by
Hari Om Singh Chauhan
Nowadays, digital privacy can be considered a myth as big tech giants, the government, and advertising brands are interested in the access of your data either with or without your consent. But what does it actually mean? The term digital policy refers to the use of internet without fear of anyone who can watch/track the online activity of the person.

Back in the history, US government has the run the mass surveillance program over millions of users globally. In 2019, a software named Pegasus was discovered, developed by a company based in Israel. Indian government also found their chance in between when they did surveillance of media persons, opposition and many more critics with this software.

Additionally, tech giants like google, meta, microsoft, amazon and so many others usually offer their services for free. So where does their earnings come from? It's simple, they collect user's data, browsing behaviour, likes, dislikes, and share these data with advertising companies.

These are just some examples. This all shows our changing world that the privacy is a myth or in other words, it doesn't exist over internet.


Author's note

I am writing this to aware my readers about the misconceptions about privacy, so that the readers can know the real faces of governments, tech giants etc.