| Chatting With People |
| I started the day in Seattle and I used WhatsApp for both texting and calling, sent a number of emails using both Outlook and Gmail, texted with iMessenger, and made some comments on Instagram before my flight. I’m sure all of these logged my location and mapped out who I was interacting with. When I sent a few WhatsApp messages from Boston, that allowed the app to know that my location had changed. |
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| Moving Around Town |
| Since I was traveling, I used Lyft twice (getting to Sea-Tac and then getting home from Logan), so that company knows I’ve switched coasts. I also traveled by JetBlue so my ticket got scanned at least twice (going through security and getting on the plane) and, because I bought my ticket using my Gmail account, both Google and JetBlue knew my travel plans beforehand and also my movements. While waiting for the plane I purchased hot chocolate with credit card, so Bank of America knows I was in Seattle, which they already knew because my Lyft account is associated with my credit card. Lastly, I went through two airports, so I definitely showed up in a number of security cameras. |
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| Getting Around |
| I browsed Hulu, Twitter, NYTimes, New Yorker, NYTimes Crossword, some online Mahjong both before and during the flight. All of these (with the exception of Mahjong) are websites I have subscriptions for so they already have my basic profile. I also logged into most of these on JetBlue’s Fly-Wifi, so if they’re collecting data to add to my profile, they have all of this now. |
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| Other Things |
| I have no idea if airport security saves data (probably), but if they do, there are now scans of me and my luggage in their files. |