# Privacy Footprint
None of this account is mine
Searching my full name only lead me to my reading response.

My instagram's username showed up on my friend's business account's followers.

Old Facebook pictures that I was tagged in.

“As the largest and most successful social network, Facebook’s issues has been the most visible” (Kernighan, 2017). I have deactivated my Facebook account a few years ago. At first, I don’t see the point of having a Facebook account if I rarely open it. However, after seeing that Facebook can track your every move with just your phone number, I won’t be reactivating it any time soon. “If for example, you gave your number to a taxi, delivery company or restaurant, they could look you up on Facebook and immediately know your name, what you look like and some basic details about you - depending on your privacy settings. And if your name is in anyway unique, like mine, that opens up the possibility of a lot more information being available, such as where you work.” (McGoogan, 2017). Facebook can make you vulnerable to having your privacy being compromised. When I was googling myself, I found an old Facebook post that I was tagged in. It was a picture from my dance group which is fine as it does not show my face clearly, but very creepy that they can still tag me without me knowing about it. Because I don’t have an account people can’t exactly look me up, it would only bring you to the group’s account. Interestingly, I found my Instagram profile picture on Google, but it does not direct you straight to Instagram, but to a sketchy website that can track your Instagram’s activity. I have my Instagram settings on private, so my Instagram account by itself does not turn up. When I clicked the profile picture it lead me through one of my friend’s Instagram account on another vague website called “stalkfest.com”. I have never heard of that website or if it is safe, but any website with the word stalk on it will make you feel uncomfortable especially if they track your Instagram activity. The website has your friends' analytics in which they took account of all your friends, total followers, and active friends. They also have a score out of a hundred which I do not understand the point of. The search result does not exactly give away my Instagram account but my followers’ accounts did appear. Therefore, my Instagram account is not exactly private.

“the right to have your location remain private—is compromised by a large number of systems that we use all the time” (Kernighan, 2017). Another thing that scares me about leaving your digital footprint is having your Timeline on Google Maps. This is terrifying because of location history, the 3 places that I visited the most is my home address in my hometown and my old school. The places are not within a 50 miles radius, it is exactly the right address with numbers and everything. I have disabled and deleted the location history so my address won’t pop up, as it would be very easy for criminals to hack into.