Privacy issues in social-networking sites - 2 views
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By M. E. Kabay, Network World
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In December of 2009 Facebook made one of the most controversial changes to their privacy policy. No longer could you have a nearly invisible account allowing only those you wanted in by default. A user's profile was now publicly searchable with most of the information opened up for all to see by default. Facebook users were not pleased. Now, this isn't to say that Facebook pages couldn't be public before (they could), it was more about the loss of the choice. And that was the truly scary part.
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Realistically, today's article is more of a wakeup call to be cautious how you use the social-networking sites and other parts of the Web that ask for personal information. It's not so anonymous: it's more public than you may think at the time you sign up for that nifty site. Remember that the Internet never forgets: not only are there public archives, but once your information has been copied by other people and saved on their hard drives, you really have lost control over it.
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Let's say that you are on top of your security settings and have your Facebook page well locked down. Your boss isn't your Friend and you haven't added or been tagged in any racy or embarrassing photos. Are you safe now? Not necessarily. Glitches in Facebook's own services may still share data, especially with Instant Personalization. Instant Personalization is intended to share some of your
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But what if those Friends were your employers, how about the Friends of Friends, or even worse, Everyone?
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But being on Facebook doesn't mean you're not concerned with privacy. Rather, the issue is what information you provide and allow them to show.
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September 27, 2010
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Currency: This article does not pass the test of being timely, my topic is requires the most recent information so that individuals can know the up-to-date form of privacy laws and issue website now uphold. This article is listed for September 10, 2010 which is not recent at all, for the intended audience to reference to.
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Kyle Covino is one of the bright young people that I very much appreciate at my local Staples store in Berlin Corners, Vt. He and his colleagues in the technology department have never failed to greet me warmly and offer immediate help in finding the right equipment for my needs – and I have watched them serve other customers with the same enthusiasm and competence.
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500+ million users
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Purpose: Using this number here helps the argument of the intended auidence, the purpose here is to attract these 500+ million users to become more aware and trustworthy of the author here into believe that there are more than just peers at view of your profile and to remain professional at all times.
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you'll want to look at the Account, Privacy, and Application Settings links, which provide the tools necessary to lock down your information and limit what others can see. Two good recent articles that provide details on how to use these settings properly are by Nilay Patel and by Whitson Gordon. Facebook may change your settings without warning you, so you should check them periodically
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Authority: The two authors listed behind this warned Application Setting view and how to manage you Facebook account privacy settings; you click on the url and the authors are very much credible, they have written articles on both the privacy issues and Facebook which cover the relevancy of my topic.
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This article discusses facebook and how it began and how it became a public social networking site.
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This Article opens up the views of the target audience which are college students and this helps them to become more aware of the status and post updated. This article is relevant to this targeted audience because it mentions job offers and "Facebook Firing" and this type of awaeness get the attention of those that are recently applying for jobs.
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Absolutely credibe! If in doubt about the author, Google the person! In about 3 sec I found out who he was, and he is a guru of security from Dartmouth...http://www.ists.dartmouth.edu/events/ecampus/bios/kabay.html