This post has not been vetted or endorsed by BuzzFeed's editorial staff. BuzzFeed Community is a place where anyone can create a post or quiz. Try making your own!Buzz·Posted on Jan 14, 2014How The Internet Is Actually Stealing Our Data.Possibly, maybe, its a working theory.by AtzarCommunity ContributorLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail So as you probably know, this is an asterisk. And as you probably also know, in a sign up form they tell us what stuff we HAVE to fill in and what stuff we don't. And when the internet was young and innocent, sign up forms were brimming with them! Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF But as companies have got eviller and we've got more internet savvy, they've slowly disappeared... Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF And this is no trouble, we all know the internet sign up form procedure. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF But most of us don't ever seem to check whether the websites actually need this info. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF For example, lets say you want to sign up for a Google Mail account. And you have to fill in all those boring information fields. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF So again you start your maximum efficiency form filler procedure. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF But in our rush to get through it, we don't notice that Google didn't actually need our phone number or email address in order to sign up. Why? Because they didn't give us that little asterisk to tell us it was optional! Not even in the help pop-up! And Google aren't alone.... But its fine, its not like they're giving this information to anyone... So please websites, bring back asterisks.... Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF