Social Media and Privacy

Outline

Introduction

Embracing of social networks is becoming common all around the world. Nearly every person using social network or interacting through the social media are thoughtful about their confidential information. Protection of privacy should be assured by the social media companies to its customers.

Thesis statement

The privacy level of social media is not up to the ethical code of conduct

Discussion

The core value of the social media websites which is connecting with people, openness, easy sharing with other people regrettably are the very essence allowing the cyber criminals to use all such websites as a medium for all kind of illicit work.

Gale of Bad Programming and Social Engineering

Hampering the core values of social media, the social sites are eventually attacked by hackers updating wrong news, information and posts related to nearly any thing they are against.

Continual Malware Issues

The wave of Malware issues has struck on the social media and its related websites several times. These attempts were planned to decrease the trust on the social networking websites exploiting the users (B, 400).

Issue of Privacy Settings

These privacy issues created so much hype that it eventually caught the attention of the lawmakers, government body, along with the privacy grouping.

Understanding of Risk Associated with Social Issues

The users should be fully aware that extensive use of such social networking sites leaks private information of an individual which can at times cause serious complications in one's life.

Arguments

Pros and Cons of Social Media and Privacy

Conclusion

Social media networks are increasing being used for people to interact on a daily basis. It is because of its usage it has been ingrained to a lot of the extent in our lives. It is essential to know that a major part of these social networking lives are not private or isolated anymore.Social Media and Privacy

Introduction

Privacy is now becoming one of the most common issues in social media or social networking. Nearly every person using social network or interacting through the social media are thoughtful about their confidential information. Protection of privacy should be assured by the social media companies to its customers. Since every moment people are joining to social media and connecting to people to acquire latest updates and news. Embracing of social networks is becoming common all around the world (Albert et al, 509 512).

A recent study shows that Facebook has taken the lead in the United States of America as the most visited website. The updates on the Facebook page at times are automatically uploaded by logging into any website example for listening songs with the Facebook identity. Thus one's listening experience becomes private as everyone comes to know about what one is listening to or even what someone is doing. Every article one reads logging with the Identify of Facebook it is shared and eventually goes into real-time. Not only this, same is the case with TV shows, videos, watching movies etc (Hayes. Pp 400-404).

Now according to the goal or aim of the website people come closer ...