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Privacy and the Arena of Social Networks

By Brandon King. Privacy and the Arena of Social Networks. Social Networks Today. Most popular social networks: Facebook Twitter MySpace Facebook is the most popular with over 500 million users. ( Social Media ) Facebook is the biggest offender of privacy. MySpace. Privacy issues:

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Privacy and the Arena of Social Networks

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  1. By Brandon King

    Privacy and the Arena of Social Networks

  2. Social Networks Today Most popular social networks: Facebook Twitter MySpace Facebook is the most popular with over 500 million users. (Social Media) Facebook is the biggest offender of privacy.
  3. MySpace Privacy issues: 2008: Exploit allowing 17 gigabytes of pictures to be dumped to BitTorrent No acknowledgement Another half a million pictures leaked a few days later. http://blog.absolute.com/myspace-sequence-of-privacy-issues/ By default, (except for users under age 16) everything is set to public Limited Privacy Settings TOS does not say that they will not sale your information. (Mint.com)
  4. Twitter Somewhat limited in functionality compared to Facebook and MySpace Privacy somewhat limited, just “generalized” settings. Privacy Issues surrounding Twitter: 140 characters, people “less likely to think about what they are typing.” (FT tech hub)
  5. Facebook Our main topic for this presentation Privacy issues almost everything is public by default; this goes for any user of any age. Although privacy settings are “powerful”, they are not very “secure” Settings are VERY confusing. http://technologizer.com/2009/08/18/were-using-facebook-differently-is-your-personal-info-safe/
  6. Facebook cont. Posts/photos now being used against you by law enforcement, lawyers, and universities. Application developers allowed to access information Certain apps collecting and selling your information Zynga: FarmVille, TexasHoldEmPoker, Mafia Wars Other Apps: Causes, Phrases, and Treasure Isle No way to permanently delete account; you can only “deactivate”
  7. Facebook irony Mark Zuckerberg’sFacebook had photos leaked after he set his privacy settings Facebook had just implemented.
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  9. Link Same article as previous slide
  10. Facebook: Friend or Foe? PCWorld, June 28th 2010: 100 million Facebook profiles were available as a torrent download Article
  11. Facebook: Friend or Foe? Wall Street Journal: many applications passed information to advertisers that could personally identify you Article
  12. Facebook: Friend or Foe? Sophos (security firm): an alarming 41% of Facebook users willing to share all of their information with complete strangers. Article
  13. Facebook: Friend or Foe? March 2nd, 2011: Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 3 students punished for Facebook posts 1 expelled 2 more suspended. http://www.ajc.com/news/students-disciplined-for-facebook-858326.html
  14. Facebook: Friend or Foe? Facebook recently and very quietly added an option (set to on by default) to allow them to share your phone number, addresses with external sites.
  15. Facebook: Friend or Foe? Mark Zuckerberg: “If I were to create Facebook again today, user information would be by default public, not private.” (ReadWriteWeb)
  16. Facebook: Friend or Foe? My own experience on privacy Fall 2010 Found and located Jane Doe on Facebook by accessing her shared media through iTunes finding key clues in her media.
  17. Facebook: Friend or Foe? Are we posting too much information on Facebook?
  18. How lawyers are using Facebook Investigate possible Jury Candidates (All Facebook) Divorce Lawyers use posts, photos, and other information to help make their case as. (CNN) Help parents gain custody of children (Internet Cases) Help police track down criminals.
  19. How Criminals are using Facebook Criminals use information found to hack accounts Increasing numbers of pedophiles contacting minors
  20. How Criminals are using Facebook cont. Foursquare and Facebook Check-in let criminals break in to homes and businesses while people are away. Increased ease of stalking.
  21. How Facebook is using our information Facebook allowed to share information with other sites by default. Application developers allowed to use information. Facebook can and will use your name and photo for generating ads. (Genesis Blogging)
  22. Link MattMcKeon.com
  23. Link MattMcKeon.com
  24. How to protect yourself Don’t use Foursquare Don’t use Facebook Check-in Regularly check privacy settings on any site Turn off Facebook Ads Change appearance in Facebook Ads to NO Turn off permission for Facebook to sell your information http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-privacy-2009-02
  25. How to protect yourself Nothing on the Internet is private. Do not post anything you would potentially be ashamed of Do not post anything that could get you in legal trouble.
  26. Bibliography Cheng, Jacqui. “New privacy concerns for Facebook over phone numbers, addresses.” ArsTechnica. N.d. 11 Feb. 2011. <http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2011/01/new-privacy-concerns-for-facebook-over-phone-numbers-addresses.ars> Lemos, Robert. “How your username may betray you.” Technology Review. 14 Feb. 2011. 14 Feb. 2011. <http://www.technologyreview.com/web/32326/?p1=A4> Tagami, Ty. “Student: Principal forced deletion of Facebook posts.” Atlanta-Journal Constitution. 2 Mar 2011. <http://www.ajc.com/news/student-principal-forced-deletion-858326.html> Jain, Sorav. “40 Most Popular Social Networking Sites.” Social Media Today. 6 Oct. 2010. 2 Mar. 2011. <http://socialmediatoday.com/soravjain/195917/40-most-popular-social-networking-sites-world> “MySpace Sequence of Privacy Issues.” Absolute Software. 31 Jan. 2008. 2 Mar. 2011. <http://blog.absolute.com/myspace-sequence-of-privacy-issues/> “HOWTO: Protect Your Privacy on Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn.” MintLife. 6 Sep. 2007. 2 Mar. 2011. <http://www.mint.com/blog/moneyhack/howto-protect-your-privacy-on-facebook-myspace-and-linkedin/ > Gelles, David. “Indiscreet Tweets.” FT Tech Hub. 3 Mar. 2009. Mar. 2 2011 <http://blogs.ft.com/fttechhub/2009/03/indiscreet-tweets/> O’Neill, Nick. “10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know.” All Facebook. 2 Feb. 2009. 2 Mar. 2011. <http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-privacy-2009-02> Kirkpatrick, Marshall. “Why Facebook is Wrong: Privacy is still important.” ReadWriteWeb. 11 Jan. 2010. 2 Mar. 2011. <http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/why_facebook_is_wrong_about_privacy.php> Chen, Stephanie. “Divorce attorneys catching cheaters on Facebook.” CNN. 1 June 2010. 2 Mar. 2011. http://articles.cnn.com/2010-06-01/tech/facebook.divorce.lawyers_1_privacy-settings-social-media-facebook?_s=PM:TECH Flusche, Andrew. “Facebook isn’t Private, and 7 Other things you should know.” Legal Andrew. 21 July 2007. 2 Mar. 2011. <http://www.legalandrew.com/2007/07/21/facebook-and-the-law-8-things-to-know/>
  27. Bibliography Cont. Price, Emily. “100M Facebook Profiles Now Available for Download.” PC World. 28 Jul 2010. 3 Mar. 2011. <http://www.pcworld.com/article/202126/100m_facebook_profiles_now_available_for_download.html> Ionescu, Daniel. “Facebook Privacy Fail: Apps Leak Private Info, Report.” PC World. 18 Oct. 2010. 3 Mar. 2011. <http://www.pcworld.com/article/208058/facebook_privacy_fail_apps_leak_private_info_report.html> Gates, Guilbert. “Facebook Privacy: A Bewildering Tangle of Options.” The New York Times. 12 Mar. 2010. 3 Mar. 2011. <http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/12/business/facebook-privacy.html> Brown, Evan. “Court says you don’t need a person’s permission to tag them in a Facebook photo.” Internet Cases. 12 Mar. 2011. 15 Mar. 2011. <http://blog.internetcases.com/2011/03/12/facebook-privacy-photo-tagging-attorney-chicago-lawyer-social-media/>  Cohen, Jackie. “Lawyers look up Jury candidates on Facebook.” All Facebook. 22 Feb. 2011. 2 Mar. 2011. < http://www.allfacebook.com/lawyers-look-up-jury-candidates-on-facebook-2011-02> Paczkowski, John. “Survey: 41% of Facebook Users Total Idiots.” All Things Digital. 14 Aug. 2007. 15 Mar. 2011. <http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20070814/facebook-privacy/> Knoppe, Traci. “Facebook ADS using YOUR name & Photo.” Genesis Blogging. 23 July 2009. 2 Mar. 2011. <http://genesisblogging.com/506/facebook-ads-using-your-name-photo/>
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