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User agents, being more dependent and less knowledgeable about the technology concerns are not aware of the impact and harm that can be caused from information leakage. Issues like Identity theft are some of the most common and major problems which arise with this.

Emergence of social media has raised issues like identity theft and account hack, hurting the privacy of the users. Owners of these social media platforms are finding it difficult to maintain the security of their online application from every kind of security threat. Hackers, in recent times, have even successfully broken down the security firewalls of different social media platforms posing a large threat to user's privacy.