Let’s talk Karen

 Data is harvested and sold. We are all aware of it, but the roots of selling has been buried under technology, psychology, and undefined legal law. Imagine your life being ruined by an app other than just a social network, this will be elaborate. The people know now how much more toxic smart phones are over TV. Let’s talk Karen. Think people! the solution is simply a more comprehensive user agreement.

Two ways users could potentially be harmed by apps profiling; manipulated, and misled. The ad full apps will mislead a man and redirect his merchandising. People download software to make life more easy and have more time, but at the cost of their data and ads. Often sellers will push a more expensive substitute to a product, I know people with disposable income could be led to a product not on his original list and brought places they at first needed not to go in the first place. This event is the app not fulfilling customer’s goals, but the developer’s alternative purpose. Thus, users is back to a stressful life, but with more consumerism than before. Presuming that a user’s data is not compromised, their data could still be sold to any buyer. Reminding me of Cambridge Analytica, this info can be used to manipulate Karen’s opinion in anything. Strategic nudging in social media can result in Karen’s being galvanized and even hating other people. That would be the action of a third party, Karen could never have agreed to it. The data mining can also dilute the outliers. Per-say Britta is a unique Lawyer, but some software mistakenly categorized her with creepy porn male lawyers. Now, she is bombarded with distasteful advertisements until it changes her, as opposed to Karen changing her demographics for the better.

The developer must always understand how expensive and valued user information is. Designers being flippant with user privacy could lead to a breach, or simply an object of abuse. Developers are not held accountable for things outside of customer service. When in fact people can enjoy the software but it’s duplicity feeds the beast. Designers shouldn’t just have a generic “do you agree to these terms and standards?”, which no one reads, and use heavy legal or networking jorgen anyways. This has buried the root traditional marketing, which wasn’t that transparent to begin with, and uses almost propaganda level persuasion.

Software firms are increasingly transparent and getting customers' consent with their information as a way to earn the customer’s trust for more transactions. Thankfully, clients have the ability to request user information. Designers need to allow requests of customer’s own information, and even track down where it was sold. Engineering with as little needed information as possible.