Opinion: It’s time to claim ownership of our digital lives

Kurt Cobain, former lead singer of Nirvana, famously sang “Just because you’re paranoid don’t mean they aren’t after you.” And ‘after you’ seems to be exactly what they are. I am referring to the tech-giants who are collecting, analysing and peddling user data, controlling the information super highways, and harvesting, bundling, and selling it off to advertisers. Their prime asset is information – our attention.