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I took a tour of the popup store that shows how little privacy you actually have

Dec 13, 2016, 03:44 IST

The Glass Room

True to form as a millennial, I am always connected. And while I pride myself in not being constantly attached to screens, my devices are always collecting data.

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In order to truly understand the extent, I took a trip to The Glass Room, a popup shop in Manhattan's Nolita neighborhood.

This popup store does not sell anything. Rather, the purpose of the shop is to show the power of the companies who collect and compile this data.

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The shop was organized by Tactical Technology, a German non-profit that works to raise awareness about personal data, and Mozilla, the non-profit behind the popular web browser, Firefox.

The popup shop is free and open until Wednesday, but in case you don't get the chance to make it, here's a look inside.

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