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Social media has pretty much consumes a good part of our life’s for more than over a decade by its ability to chat with our friends, family, and making new friends. Today, social media is easier to have access with our smartphones and even a smart watch can access social media. According to Business Insider, 25% of the time spent on mobile apps is attributed to social networking. Mostly everyone already has a social media account and constantly checks what their friends and family are up to twenty-four hours a day. Technically that is true half of the time, but it seems that the other half makes it fully true if the user keeps on getting notifications from their friends every post they make that the user can see what it’s happening 3 hours later. Social media will ask for your personal information so mostly everyone can see it displayed on your profile, that’s if you have your private settings so only your friends can see it. No one has a problem to expose their personal information on social media such as where they live, their full name, etc. I am going to use Facebook as a primary example to state my point. I had Facebook for many years and the only way to know more about someone is by reading what another user allows me to know about them. Today, it’s on a whole other level since mostly everyone gives you their current location. Users don’t mind doing these things, but they’re not aware of that they are exposing themselves too much on social media and are putting their privacy at risk. For example, some users tend to post pictures about their expensive jewelries, electronics, and stacks of money to show the world of their personal belongings. The most common one is users posting their current location and letting everyone know in social media that they will be gone from their home for a while and posting where they’re going. On Facebook, I see this all of the time and I ask myself that they have no idea that they’re giving away their privacy without them realizing it. At first, it does not seem like it’s a big deal, but if you think this through a little deeper, you will realize the seriousness of this privacy issue. There are people on social media that are lurking on other profiles to whether stalk someone or steal from them. The reason that posting pictures of your expensive things and money is dangerous because someone in interest can steal your home. It’s like allowing everyone into your home to see your stuff. The reason that posting your current location is dangerous is because some stranger can go to your current location and stalk you. It’s better if users do not overshare every piece of their daily life to protect their privacy. The most important thing to remember about anything you post online is that it is no longer yours and no longer private. Though your privacy settings protect your posts one day, the social platform can change those settings and your posts are now public. Therefore, it is a good idea not to post anything you don’t want public on social media. Keep that in mind the next time you share something online. Social media has pretty much consumes a good part of our life’s for more than over a decade by its ability to chat with our friends, family, and making new friends. Today, social media is easier to have access with our smartphones and even a smart watch can access social media. According to Business Insider, 25% of the time spent on mobile apps is attributed to social networking. Mostly everyone already has a social media account and constantly checks what their friends and family are up to twenty-four hours a day. Technically that is true half of the time, but it seems that the other half makes it fully true if the user keeps on getting notifications from their friends every post they make that the user can see what it’s happening 3 hours later. Social media will ask for your personal information so mostly everyone can see it displayed on your profile, that’s if you have your private settings so only your friends can see it. No one has a problem to expose their personal information on social media such as where they live, their full name, etc. I am going to use Facebook as a primary example to state my point. I had Facebook for many years and the only way to know more about someone is by reading what another user allows me to know about them. Today, it’s on a whole other level since mostly everyone gives you their current location. Users don’t mind doing these things, but they’re not aware of that they are exposing themselves too much on social media and are putting their privacy at risk. For example, some users tend to post pictures about their expensive jewelries, electronics, and stacks of money to show the world of their personal belongings. The most common one is users posting their current location and letting everyone know in social media that they will be gone from their home for a while and posting where they’re going. On Facebook, I see this all of the time and I ask myself that they have no idea that they’re giving away their privacy without them realizing it. At first, it does not seem like it’s a big deal, but if you think this through a little deeper, you will realize the seriousness of this privacy issue. There are people on social media that are lurking on other profiles to whether stalk someone or steal from them. The reason that posting pictures of your expensive things and money is dangerous because someone in interest can steal your home. It’s like allowing everyone into your home to see your stuff. The reason that posting your current location is dangerous is because some stranger can go to your current location and stalk you. It’s better if users do not overshare every piece of their daily life to protect their privacy. The most important thing to remember about anything you post online is that it is no longer yours and no longer private. Though your privacy settings protect your posts one day, the social platform can change those settings and your posts are now public. Therefore, it is a good idea not to post anything you don’t want public on social media. Keep that in mind the next time you share something online.
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Noemi Cuin
5/11/2017 12:09:53 am
hi fernando,
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Fernando MadrigalHello, my name is Fernando Madrigal and I am a Junior at CSUMB. My major is Computer Science with my concentration in Network and Security. I recently transferred from Hartnell Community College last fall. Archives
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