Most of the places in which most of my data is generated is on my phone and laptop, specifically in images, text based communications, and social media browsing. Throughout the day I take pictures of the things I see around me, from homework assignments to the outside world to my fish tank, and either save them to my phone or upload them online. A lot of text based communication occurs at any point of the day as well, from social media posting to sending text messages to friends and family. A third source for most of my data comes from browsing on social media. This refers to not really the actual posting online but the observation of online content. Understandably, this creates a reasonable amount of data about me that companies can use to their advantage, either in understanding their consumers or selling this data to other corporations.
