Why should you implement technical security and privacy?
Taking measures to protect your privacy when using communication and information technology is essential to safeguard yourself against various forms of digital violence.
In everyday life, it is not always easy to use your own data sparingly and securely. Creating good passwords, not saving login data, making backups, etc. might seem inconvenient to many. But it is the only way to protect your data from people who have no business with them. On the one hand, they may be people who use the data to commit acts of violence. But there are also companies and social media that collect and link data to set up profiles and create personalised advertising, for example.
“I have nothing to hide.” – This sentence is only true until your own data is being exploited or used against you. With this in mind, we all have something to hide. Personal data can be exploited at any time – even without you having done anything wrong or illegal.
What is more, we don't know what will happen to personal data in a few years or decades time. Things nobody is interested in today, or which are not relevant in terms of security might in the near future be seen as quite a different matter in social, political and legal terms.
Basic rules and knowing that protecting your own data serves your own self-determination can help you to use technology and media safely, and take action against digital violence. For this purpose, we have collected a few tips and tricks on the following pages.