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Introduction Social networking sites have become very popular avenues for people to communicate with family, friends and colleagues from around the corner or across the globe. While there can be benefits from the collaborative, distributed approaches promoted by responsible use of social networking sites, there are information security and privacy concerns. The volume and accessibility of personal information available on social networking sites have attracted malicious people who seek to exploit this information. The same technologies that invite user participation also make the sites easier to infect with malware that can shut down an organization’s networks, or keystroke loggers that can steal credentials. Common social networking …show more content…

Even though they use public information, Mae feels uneasy because “having a matrix of preferences presented as your essence…it was some kind of mirror, but it was incomplete, distorted” (Eggers 125). Therein lays the fundamental problem with all of this data. It misses the fact that humans are not just data and numbers, but irrational beings with emotions and feelings. Second argument Cyber-bullying is not the only threat to people on the Internet. Criminals will use the information posted on-line to find potential victims. A survey in 2009 showed that as many as 38% of social media users post personal information about vacation plans. (infosecurity-magazine.com) This makes them a particular easy target for burglars. Law enforcement is seeing a rise in burglaries due to people sharing too much information about themselves. In 2010, a burglary ring in New Hampshire was arrested for more than 50 break-ins; people were targeted because they posted that they were on vacation. There has also been an increase in assault and robbery cases involving the Internet site Craigslist. Cyberstalking and location disclosure[edit] See also: Cyberstalking With the creation of Facebook and the continued popularity of MySpace, many people are giving their personal information out on the internet. Most users are not aware that they can modify the privacy settings and unless they modify them, their

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