1. Privacy: Facebook, Twitter
Fatima Begum

2. Introduction What is a social network?
“A website where one connects with those sharing personal or professional interests, place of origin, education at a particular school.”
Facebook
Social networking site founded in 2004 that allows users to build virtual relationships.
Twitter
Micro-blogging site founded in 2006 that allows users to tweet messages

3. Some Statistics Social media is the #1 activity on the Web Facebook
Over 600 million active users
More than 1.5 million pieces of content daily
Most visited website
Twitter:
190 million users
65 million tweets a day
2-3 new accounts every second

4. Privacy Concerns: Facebook
Profile public by default
Who’s viewing your profile?
Information sent to third party apps
Personal information shared with advertisers
Search result integration

5. Privacy Concerns: Twitter
All tweets are public
Do you know your followers?
Tweets are indexed by search engines
Public tweets are archived in LOC
Changing account privacy affects future tweets only

6. Lovely-faces.com Stole 250,000 Facebook profiles
Profiles contain names, photos, and locations
Users can ask to remove profile

7. Spokeo.com Social network aggregator
Displays detailed profiles that are accessible to all
Users can ask to remove profile

8. Protect Your Privacy on Facebook
Use Friends Lists
Modify Search results
Remove yourself from Google search
Protect photo albums
Do not reply or poke unknown people
Don’t post info about others without consent

9. Protect Your Privacy on Twitter
Protect your tweets
Control who is following you
Avoid disclosing your location
Use common sense
Good tweet: “Off to visit a close friend. I’m excited.”
Bad tweet: “Off for my weekly session with my prostitute. I’m excited.”

10. Points to Remember
Facebook and Twitter generate business through user accounts.
They want us to share as much information with them as possible.
No site is a 100% secure.
Private profiles and tweets can be exposed in privacy breaches or hacks.
YOU are responsible for what you post!

11. Thank you for your time!