Digital footprints — basically, the sum of everything you’ve ever done or posted online — are most frequently invoked in discussions about user responsibility and protection in the face of flimsy digital privacy controls. We are regularly exhorted to be wary of oversharing on the internet and to diligently monitor our digital identities in order to protect compromising information about ourselves from future employers, marketers, scammers, and other prying eyes. Coming of age in a world where there’s no right to be forgotten means acknowledging that anything you share online can (and likely will) come back to haunt you; hygienic practices around digital footprints are now compulsory education, a virtual analog of handwashing.

The job is finding and securing datadrives being moved around the city... and not asking what's on them. Get close to likely vehicles and run the SecuroServ Hacking App from your phone. ... Data Sweep is a Client Job featured in Grand Theft Auto Online added as part of the After Hours update.

"Social media sites encourage users to “package their lives as a succession of dramatic emotional moments” in regular posts, profile updates, and interactions with other users. Apps like Timehop, or trends like the [#10yearchallenge](/culture/new/10yearchallenge) are potent reminders of just how far back our digital footprints stretch, and of the frequently cringe-worthy amount of personal content most of us have willingly disclosed." [https://reallifemag.com/data-sweat/](https://reallifemag.com/data-sweat/)

Social media sites encourage users to “package their lives as a succession of dramatic emotional moments” in regular posts, profile updates, and interactions with other users. Apps like Timehop, or trends like the [#10yearchallenge](/culture/new/10yearchallenge) are potent reminders of just how far back our digital footprints stretch.