Personal, financial data and other private information have long been a priority for corporates, but with the increasing digitisation it is becoming more and more critical for individuals as well. Consumers and individuals must now take the security of private data storage seriously and follow basic practices to preserve their privacy on the internet. The Internet is filled with resources to help individuals, families, and businesses stay secure online by teaching them how to keep their Private audio /video calls, Chats, Private Data Storage, and how to keep their computers, laptops, and other mobile devices safe from hackers and other threats, and how to use the Internet safely. However very few of us actually have the skill sets and more importantly the time it requires to truly secure our privacy.

Is Internet privacy a myth?

Almost all of our internet activities are monitored, unless one adopts some very advanced security precautions. Almost no one can tell if you're being tracked. One can monitor your IP address, and make STUN requests to retrieve the actual IP address of users using a virtual private network (VPN), browser fingerprinting, tracking pixels, and many other techniques used to identify the user. GPS sensors incorporated into most smartphones allow apps (and the operating system) to track your precise whereabouts at any given time, making this problem even worse on mobile devices. Aside from that, your data is routinely disseminated to third parties for marketing, outreach, and research, mostly without your permission or even awareness.

Let's first understand the importance of Digital Privacy.

"Digital privacy" refers to protecting an individual's personal information and digital assets when utilizing the Internet on a computer or personal device. At the core of our beliefs is ensuring the confidentiality of all data and information.

Our goal at Houm.me is to keep your personal information private. Truly private. Legally owned by you and not accessible by anyone other than you.

It's a common misconception that it's gone for good once a photo has been deleted from Google Photos. In reality, it’s never really gone. A scan and analysis of that photo continues indefinitely because it's always there.

Houm.me, on the other hand, allows you to construct a private internet home and save all of your personal digital assets such as documents and photographs, chats, voice and video calls without the interference of any third party or organization. Personal online storage space for photos and documents that ONLY YOU have access to.

Houm.me was created to answer concerns about online privacy. We believe that the digital data belonging to the user has to be owned, operated, and hosted only by the user.

Houm is a breakthrough idea that is powerful and simple. It can be summarized:

1. Encouraging online privacy and the ownership of personal data where everyone must make their own private space on the Internet.

2. No need for deep technical knowhow or 24x7 monitoring to keep systems running. Non-technical folks don't have to know how websites are constructed to buy and own this product.

3. Consumers can use digital homes to create their own personally owned online space because the procedure is automated and simple, and they aren't required to do anything that needs programming or technical knowledge. The only thing you have to remember is the password, which is like the keys to your own house.

To get from where we are now to a free and secure digital world, we need just to create our own Houms and connect with our trusted contacts.

Just like in the real world where there are public places, in the digital realm there are social media, and these are internet examples of "public spaces." Like a coffee shop, garden, pharmacy, bakery, restaurant, etc. Your options are limited only by the discretion of the business owner.

No one keeps her vital documents at Starbucks, but that's precisely what we do in the digital world with our most private and treasured memories and documents in digital life, where they are accessible to others. Before the creation of Houm.me, there was no place to hold your digital data private on the internet, unless you bought your own server and built all the applications needed. With Houm.me, as a Houm owner, you can even designate a successor to inherit your property in the event of your death.

Everyone is entitled to privacy, so that it could be a matter of personal privacy like – Private Data Storage, Private video Calls, Privacy on the internet, Secure photo Storage, Secure Storage for documents related to academics, or even work.

Many people mistakenly believe that safeguarding their privacy in the physical world means also protecting it in the virtual world.

However, many people aren't aware that their very private information is being recorded in the virtual world, which is the internet world. A person's most private information, including but not limited to their date of birth, home address, bank account information, interests, interactions, etc can be protected through digital privacy. For example, creating an online buying account like Amazon requires us to put up our details.

Additionally, the internet will remember your specific interest when you conduct an online search for a particular term. Our personal information can be protected by digital privacy, but it doesn't operate as effectively as we imagine in the virtual world we inhabit. The data bank constantly logs people's internet activities, allowing future data tracking.

Houm – Ownership is the only way to guarantee privacy.

Everything these days is done online, from shopping to financial transactions to academic pursuits. Your documents, photos as well as conversation over calls or chats. Most individuals are conscious that their personal information can be accessed from any location on the Internet. Data security is becoming increasingly critical in light of this. Every Internet user wants to know that their personal information is protected in cyberspace, yet as accessible as in the real world. Because of the ease with which information may now be accessed from anywhere, anytime, the privacy and security of millions of internet users are always at risk of being lost, stolen, or otherwise abused.

Once you've set up your Houm, you may share it with others and chat with them. It's also up to you whether or not you wish to be contacted by anyone at any given time. No one has ever sent me spam or can contact me in an undesirable manner.

In the face of this grave, present, and developing challenge, Houm.me has developed a novel consumer service. To ensure that all of their digital assets, including photos, documents, and other private documents, are protected from unauthorized access by anyone or any organization other than the owner, this business-to-consumer product offers users a private online home that can store all of their digital belongings privately. A digital Houm can hold any kind of data, and it starts with a base capacity of 100 GB, a first in the world, and you can keep growing the size as you require and can go up to 2TB. Moreover, it's also important to keep in touch with the folks you'd like to have a relationship with privately.

How to build your own digital home with Houm.me?

All you have to do is go to houm.me and sign up for the free trial (without supplying any credit card information), and select the domain for your own Houm– like Vijay.me or Vijay.world can be created by Vijay, as long as they are not already booked by someone else.

The process is completed in less than 37seconds, and you are given the storage space on your server as part of your digital Houm. Now one can invite other friends and have the world's more secure private video call – offload sensitive documents and photos from your devices for safe keeping; share it with whoever you choose to. Nominate a person to inherit your account after you. No one but you need to know – the legal owner of your own private data.

To sum up

Physically, our home is a location where we can close the door and be sure that no one else can come in and see what’s inside, and where we can have total privacy. Houm creates a private space on the internet where you may store your data, photos, messages, notes, papers, chats, and other digital assets and lock the door. No one else has permission to enter, access, or view the contents of your digital residence. When we're at home, we have complete control over who can come and go and what we do there. In the same way, a digital home is a private space on the internet that you own and control, and cannot be accessed or seen by anyone else.

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