How to reduce your digital footprints?
In this essay the writer will convey countermeasures that can be used to evade or reduce an individual's digital footprint.
A digital foot print can be defined as: "The record of your interactions with the digital world and how the data that is left behind can be exploited." (Fish, 2010)
As individual's use certain resources such as cell phones or GPS devices, they leave behind information which is considered to be a part of their digital footprint. For example: an individual sends a text message.
This message is routed through the service provider and stored on the service providers system. This simple transaction of sending a text message is considered a part of that individual's digital foot print.
Cell Phones