Kathmandu, Jan. 22 -- In the age of smartphones under pillows, screenshots, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, location trackers and free platforms that make money off our data:privacyis rapidly becoming elusive.

Ever since WhatsApp's new privacy policy provoked a mass exit (leading users to impulsively switch to smaller messaging apps such asSignalandTelegram)privacy has been a hot topic in the media. But how many of us actually peruse privacy policies of every app, every social platform, every website and every device we allow into our lives?

"Privacy is no longer a social norm," Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has been quoted as saying. This is the same man who, together with his wife, purchased a home in Palo Alto, as well as four residen...