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On TikTok there are creators who will find a persons location or personal information (like their birthday) based on very little information. Once I saw someone find a birthday because they found a friend of the person's Facebook and then saw that they ran marathons and then they searched through marathon records to find the year they were born. It was both interesting and terrifying.    One of those creators is @notkhanjunior and here is a video of her finding someone's birthday.  (Video Credit: @notkhanjunior ) Most of these creators do these videos to help people understand privacy on the internet. I remember the first time I saw one I was a little spooked because I am far more public with my information online than people they are looking at. This brings me to the term Digital Tattoos or Digital Footprints. This article   gives good information on Digital Tattoos and provides useful tools for any internet user. Here is a little guide to start thinking about...

Hello! As I've been thinking about social media, and the internet I started to get curious about about algorithms. This word pops up often in discussions about the internet. Personally, I do not think I had the strongest understanding of what "the algorithm" is at the beginning of this exploration. Before I started to explore what algorithms are I would describe them as sites recording patterns to better tailor ads and content to the user. This has helpful, benign, and also sinister implications. My understanding is that companies can very easily justify tracking data and activity for the algorithm because they can claim it enhances users' experiences. I started my research with this article . It is very interesting because it looks at the basics of algorithms and also how to manipulate it for yourself. (Photo Credit: Invisibly ) Now, I think it would be helpful to point out some other articles that discuss this topic. I read an article called " Everything you ne...