Technology is advancing today at break-neck speed. As I mentioned in a previous message, research now shows that by the end of this year, technology and human knowledge will be doubling every twelve hours! I can’t comprehend that. Can you? Take the iPhone, for example, first released in 2007. There was a new, upgraded model once a year from 2007 until 2015. Then, from 2016 to 2019, three new models were released each year. In 2020 and ‘21, four new models came out. In 2022, there were five. And four new models have been released every year since then. Software updates are released every couple of months, with more advanced features and technology. I’d venture to say that virtually no one reads the fine print in the User Agreements before downloading the latest operating systems. Who knows what we’re agreeing to? Thankfully, there are some researchers out there that do, and inform us of potentially invasive privacy risks, and they instruct us to turn off “permissions” that could put us in harm’s way.
