Give me your username. I’ll tell you who you are!
Humans are herd animals and creatures of habit. This makes us leave traces on the web. Even sometimes, whether we want to or not. Sure. The one person may be more careful than the next. Those with a password manager, maybe with a burner email address, disposable cell phone numbers or a username that comes from a generator — Great job to you! But nonetheless, the majority of people are careless social media users. In data-private nations like Germany it seems social media sleuthing is increasingly a potent source for personal data investigations. Sure. It is valid to say that citizens of European countries put a lot of emphasis on data privacy. Especially Germans seem to advocate a lot for data security. There are strong EU frameworks that rule for instance no profit should be made from someone’s personal data who did not give their consent. Further, health data is sacred. etc. etc. Sure. These rules present a stumbling block for investigators. But I’d argue, to find out more about a person on the web, it often does not even require those sensible data stacks. In short: that social media, in many ways trump all this hot talk on data privacy, especially in Germany.More on this argument. In most of us, and it doesn’t matter where we come from, there is a deep desire to be a part of the new digital society. Somehow, somewhere we feel the urge to take part in online conversations. This is just growing and growing. Where is that easier these days to observe than in the social corner of the Internet? This is where Germany is now discovering itself.
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