Vida Williams

After watching Vida Williams Ted Talk, I was enamored by the intense detail in which she described privacy. She analyzed and explained citizen data in such a way that for a second you forget shes talking about us. Prior to this presentation I knew little of what citizen data was and how important it is to protect. Outside of needing to use identification measures like an Id, social security number, or birth certificates I never really dedicated much thought into what these numbers and documents truly meant. She spoke of HIPPA and the limits to privacy we truly have, outside of HIPPA nothing protects our data. Everyday these numbers are used to track our purchases, downloads, logins and we leave a digital trail. We are extremely vulnerable to all kinds of internet crime and we pay it no mind, we continue to agree to terms and conditions without reading it, we store credit cards and passwords on our phone, and live in this ignorant oblivion of the digital age.