Privacy of user and Social Media !

 Privacy can be defined in many ways but simply it is the protection of human dignity.In this specific article we will talk about privacy of social media users.So we will say that Privacy is the protection of human dignity serving as an organization.

In today's world everyone who has access to internet is using social m
edia either in the form of facebook,twitter,instagram,whatsapp etc. To create an account on these sites you will give them your email or phone number,birthdate etc. Now when you have an account you can now message(which is called a private message), to your friends and people you may know. But the question is that if those messages are safe? Is your phone number shared with others? Are your interest being noticed by the use of AI so that they can place the related ads on your homepage?

Well , I think yes. There is no thing such as privacy on internet.Even if your service provider dosen't share it with others , there are certain other factors which will affect on your messages images and documents being protected.

Hackers : Hackers can easily hack into your account and steal the information they need and iceing on cake that you will not even notice.

I would like to mention Facebook analytical data scandal here.

In July 2019, the Federal Trade Commission voted to approve fining Facebook around $5 billion to finally settle the investigation into the data breach, with a 3–2 vote. The record-breaking settlement was one of the largest penalties ever assessed by the U.S. government for any violation.wikipedia

Recently Whatsapp privacy policy update was also so much in news , definitly these both companies are owned by one person so they will want to access data of mutual user for better ad experience.

It was also mentioned that by using this data the US election was interfered. Just imagine how much the Data is important..

STEPS TO TAKE AS A USER

Now I will never say that we should stop using all these apps.But we should take some steps on our own.

1. We should never share any of our password with anyone.
2. We should never send our confidential information (documents) using social media.
3. We should keep a specific time of using social media .
4. We should avoid visiting unauthorized links because is gateway to a hacker.