Paper vs Digital Trails

It is now easier than ever to be able to follow someone's trail. No matter what you do online, there will always be a trail that can be followed. This means that your personal information can potentially be in danger. VoIP is the new incomer on the list. Gone are the days when in order to hack into people's conversations, you would have to set up physical bugs on the phones. Now you can do everything remotely; you do not even have to be in the same country. Something else that seems to be long gone is standard method of payment - cash. According to Business Insider, credit card companies are selling your purchase data to advertisers. Don’t want companies knowing how much booze you’re buying or other potentially embarrassing habits? Buy things the old fashioned way—with coins and bills. Lastly, often stores will ask for your zip code when you’re checking out with a credit card. Don’t give it to them unless you want to donate your details to their marketing database. Just some things to mull over while you are surfing the digital expanse.