A truly decentralized system, with blockchain technology, often control actions, such as the deletion, or uploading of data files.
This is usually meant to prevent the information from getting taken over, by unwanted bodies, with their shady practices.
As a result of the pandemic, people have now given much awareness, to their privacy protection issues.
With the stay-at-home directives that got forced on many of the world’s population, for a while now, millions of people have resulted in the use of the Zoom app, for having online meeting engagement.
In the process of discussing business, or having something, as common as chatting with families and friends, a lot of people have got exposed and have, thus, suffered a data breach.
Reports have it that, half a million credentials on Zoom, have got put up for sale, for ridiculously small amounts, on the dark web.
Some technologies have been applied, to curb the coronavirus spread.
For instance, Israel promulgated some legislations, to allow its spies to monitor its citizens’ movement, through their phones, as long as they are suspected of having infected, by the virus.
Tech giants, such as Google and Apple have, also, launched their own version of phone-tracing projects, which can locate people that have the infection.
Amidst continuous privacy concerns, the tech giants have claimed it doesn’t keep users data.
Unfortunately, over time, big tech giants, are often, not trusted, when it comes to privacy on data collection.
At this point, it is important that all the best technologies is, deployed to slow down the spread of the pandemic, however, we cannot overlook the issue of a privacy breach.
If it is possible, methods that can control the spread and simultaneously, offer privacy protection, should get considered.
A possible area to put up, for consideration is the blockchain technology. Using its decentralization and encryption, this technology can put data use, at less risk of misuse.
With its peer-to-peer system, blockchain is a technology that can cut out the middleman from transactions.
This simply means that it prevents the stealing of data, or manipulation at the point of vulnerability.
The technology offers users, the independence of what to share and with whom.
Zoom, however, has been embraced by millions, owing to its claim that, it guarantees end-to-end encryption.
Google and Zoom, also, added that their solutions have got decentralized, like blockchain, but it is quite apparent that, the tech giants have access to users’ data collected.
Blockchain is not the perfect solution, to the privacy challenge, however, users must ask, about the control that they have, on their own data.
Applying blockchain technology, the decentralized process controls the actions of deleting and uploading data files, therefore, preventing information breach, by external bodies.
Blockchain offers users, the ability to audit their data transparently, on its system, therefore, users can see, if their data has got tampered with.
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