Convicted by your own computer

“Every email, every text you send or receive, every time you go to a website, those can be searchable and discovered.” The traces of data are called metadata. It’s the evidence of what you do online that traces your digital history. “You can recreate what websites a person visits, what exact page he visits, how long he spends on a website,” adds Csajaghy.

Your electronic trail can track your habits and even your personality. When it comes to the law, technology rewrote the book.