The Pros And Cons Of Facebook Privacy

Facebook was experimenting with the privacy setting since mid of 2009 and finally implemented it on December 2009. One of the biggest impact of this policy change is the friend list of an individual can’t be private. There are many more privacy issues that are associated with this change of policy. To be a master of this changed policy is not a child play as it is almost 6000 word long. There are 50 settings and the number of potions is more than 170. Chris Betcher points out: “The most recent changes made to their privacy policy have made the sharing of your personal information ‘opt-out’, rather than the previous method of ‘opt-in’. This means that, unless you wade through the many privacy settings to turn them off, you are probably sharing far more than you realise.” ("Bye Bye Facebook | Betchablog"). This opt-out way of information sharing can be very dangerous. This information can be used for ‘Identity theft’ purpose of an individual. Facebook has made some changes

It is shown, that one of the most prominent sources that prove a danger toward privacy, is through social media, specifically Facebook. This site alone

There is an article about Facebook allowing people to view other’s personal information. This right is protected by the U.S. constitution through the 4th Amendment. “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly

However, this new Facebook’s feature can be backfired because Facebook invades users’ privacy. Many users felt like their privacy was completely infiltrated, just about everything users updated or changed was instantly blasted out to hundreds of friends. News Feed has kept all the users’ information “loud”, and allowed people to see pictures and posts, which could give out information that users might not want their friends to know. Users claim that News Feed features leave the door open for people to 'creep'. “Facebook has always tried to push the envelope” (p.545) and “Everyone is freaking out” (p.544). Using people’s first reaction to the Facebook’s “News Feed” feature, Thompson later explains the privacy problem that this new feature may have caused. Thompson tries to inform the readers both side of the benefits and disadvantages using Facebook. The author creates a great connection with the readers by doing so, makes the readers feel that he’s on the same with them, that he understands the whole circumstances.

Facebook has to be the worst social media out there when it comes to privacy. They always seem to know where you’re at whether it’s through geotagging, gps, or the new maps feature it has a pinpoint on where you may be at. It seems that everything you do through Facebook is connected in some way to something else. For example if you decide

Elizabeth Victor reveals the fact that when we upload any type of content to social media platforms it isn’t always secure. So it is crucial for users to understand how to use the privacy features that the many social media sites have to offer and each one of these sites has its own settings, some more complicated than others (Isentia, 2014). Elizabeth Victor takes the time to explore the privacy settings of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Google Plus, and LinkedIn. The research conducted and given is strictly fact, no bias involved, Isentia and Elizabeth Victor go step by step on where to change your privacy settings on these specific social media sites. Elizabeth Victor (2014) notes that, “There are three places to set privacy on Facebook, the privacy tab, your profile, and your photo settings. You have to go to your privacy settings in the tools tab by clicking on the lock icon” (p. 1). Elizabeth Victor (2014) concludes

In the social networking arena, users voluntarily divulge personal information online that, prior to the digital age, would have been considered private and restricted. Without careful and fierce examination of information prior to submitting it online, users unwittingly and certainly unwillingly subject themselves to threat of privacy intrusion.

In “Facebook’s Privacy Trainwreck: Exposure” danah boyd reveals the faults of Facebook and how it affects the actions of its users. boyd observes that when users have access to a privacy feature they feel freer to post and comment as they please. When we are in pubic we acclimate to our surroundings and then choose how to we talk and what we share. boyd points out that normally each users actions were not overly obvious until an update to its system that caused the each user to get notifications each time they logged in based on their friends actions. This generated a new problem where the users had to really question and think about what they posted and shared on Facebook knowing that everyone could interpret their actions differently.

The fact that only collegians used the platform back then is attributed to the fact that it was fairly new and still had a lot of skepticism surround it. The internet was also more rudimentary in its structure and it was not easily accessed by everyone. Then, Brandenburg explains the fact that Facebook required some basic information to help people connect but that some people gave out information that was inappropriate. This—combined with the fact that most employers were recent college graduates with a Facebook of their own—can explain why employers started checking their potential employees’ profiles. Brandenburg then goes on to raise the question of whether or not this is an invasion of privacy. Being that Facebook was a non-commercial entity at the time, it can be considered as such but the real invasions of privacy occurred in television. Television was still the preferred mass-communication medium and people had to give their consent to appear on the screen—although that was not always the case. Facebook, on the other hand, requires no consent because people willingly share what they want with their friends and it blurs the line between what is public and what is private, and makes it harder to define the privacy rights of its

Aside from the impact of the security breach, the breach causes us to question Facebook’s business ethics and emphasis on privacy as well. When users sign up for Facebook they do not sign up for their post and likes to be politically exploited, so the exploitation of this data demonstrates that the company does not value users’ privacy. The minimal emphasis on users’ privacy also serves as a major ethics problem within the company. Their inability to protect users’ information tells the world that they simply do not care for the protection of users’

Facebook is an example of how Social Media has influenced the lives of many Americans in today’s generation. Facebook has a negative and positive experience in many ways. Many people meet and become “friends” just by the click of a button. It has encouraged several users all over the country to interact and be social. It can also be a way of finding old friends of yours just by typing in their name in the search bar. Several users pretend being someone else by creating a fake page because they are hiding behind their insecurities. As a generation, e tend to care less about privacy because we update our status on where we are, or what we are doing. This is scary at times because it is easy for anyone to access your information at any time. Facebook,

Facebook did not have enough control over their third party apps because these apps could have received more data and even sold it without Facebook’s permission.There are a few business ethics issues present in this Facebook crisis such as trust, and loyalty. All three of these business ethics played in a role in this case because Facebook violated users’ trust which caused the users to feel a lack of loyalty and dishonesty from Facebook. Therefore, the privacy issues presented in this case were very visible. Facebook thrives off peoples’ photos, texts, videos, and other posted content because that is how they stream revenue. Millions of people questioned Facebook’s user privacy and security which caused the company to be looked at as more questionable than reliable. In addition, once the data was leaked to the Cambridge Analytica people were upset because now there information was going to the government. People think the data leaked played into the Russian attempts to influence the presidential election. Facebook now has to begin the process

Facebook is a well know social networking site that has taken all over the world with over 500 million people using the site. Social networking sites such as Facebook share information about the user over the Internet, where it can be freely accessed by anyone. This is where issues of privacy to the individual arise. As

Despite Facebook keep saying they always protect users privacy. However, few functions they have changed during the past few years make people hard to believe Facebook can actually capable of protect their privacy. It become quite obvious that compare to its own business profit, privacy is not such a big deal for Facebook to make some change which brings more fame and benefit to itself.

Social medias have become a big part of our society now, they are being used in all aspects of our life. We are connected twenty-four hours a day, at work, school, home, shopping etc. There is a necessity, a need to be connected to these social media’s, to feel like you are a part of society. With these growing numbers in being connected to social media’s on the web, there comes a growing desire for privacy and safety. In this paper I will discuss and analyze the social media’s themselves, the dangers that arise from them, and how all these correlate to privacy.