Ars Technica The world of the near-future is one in which databases will enable retroactive surveillance of one’s misdeeds through the collation of GPS logs, electronic toll records, automated license plate readers, subway passes, cell phone location data and call logs, e-mail accounts, credit card records, Internet history, search terms, and many more data points. –

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On 20th February 2015, I retained a record of my digital day. Text messages; browsing history; banking. If it was electronic, it got saved. What follows is the story of my day in the real world, recounted through screenshots from the digital one.

How much of a digital trail do we create in a day? If you were suspected of a serious crime, how easily could police reconstruct your last 24 hours? And more to the point, how screwed would you be?

One average guy. One average day on the internet. There should be nothing to fear. R-right?

8am

httpss://twitter.com/Iearnsomething/status/568591125772181504

Browsing history, Friday AM

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httpss://twitter.com/whisperednothin/status/568703268534267904





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httpss://twitter.com/whisperednothin/status/568734441562107904

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httpss://twitter.com/whisperednothin/status/568815978395668480

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httpss://twitter.com/whisperednothin/status/568818656395862017

Browsing history, Friday PM

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httpss://twitter.com/whisperednothin/status/568833123049443331





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Friday’s bank, mobile, HypeMachine and Google data.

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httpss://twitter.com/whisperednothin/status/568934915871547392

Ars Technica The world of the near-future is… a world in which “bad guys” may be easier to track, but it’s also a world in which even the stupidest one-off decision leaves its precise electronic mark. –

What does your digital footprint reveal about you?