Question

What privacy concerns could be raised by collaborative technologies such as Waze?

Answer 1

Waze is an application available on the iOS and Android platforms which helps in providing services such as navigation, real-time traffic situation, news about the road ahead and many more facilities. The app requires that the user agree to share their real-time data and there's no ifs and buts if you want to use it you have to share your data.
This raises privacy concerns not only for Waze but for all other such collaborative technology-based applications as:

• How secure is the user data? The current network system faces millions of cyber attacks every day thus it requires that the company safeguards its users' data securely.
• There is a possibility that your data will be used for targeted advertisements.
• There have been instances where companies have sold user data in the dark web for cheap money
• There's always the possibility of account hacking which attackers can use to impersonate you on the web.
• Using your sensitive private data for ransoms or digital stalking.