Different websites may consists of different privacy and security settings that would be enabled into their website. The two social networking sites I am going to use is Facebook and Twitter. I will make a comparison about their privacy terms that user agrees to once he or she has signed up for an account. Some of the privacy setting for these sites may exposed the users who made an account to losing some of their security when they are on the websites.
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The first privacy terms that I am going to go over is for the social networking site Facebook. The information posted in the privacy policy includes the type of information that the user is going to show. This includes from name and profile pictures, contact information, personal information, the posts by you, and also gender and birth date. The problem with exposing this information is if your settings are set to default, you are just inviting identity thieves to steal your information and use it for malicious purposes. Before knowing this tip I was not aware that with the information on a Facebook account was in danger. I became more aware when I found this information during my EMAC 2321 class and also some tips that were posted on the Yahoo search engine. I found a very interesting topic about Facebook security on Articlesbase. It gives great tips on what not to do on Facebook.
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The next privacy settings I am going to go over is for another social networking site which is Twitter. Twitter and Facebook have similar privacy setting but are not quite identical. Some of the public information on Twitter that is public for the Twitter company range from Twitter messages, Tweets, people you follow, the list you make, Tweets that you mark as favorites, and also the Re-Tweet. Privacy and Security are very important when it comes to which information is going to be posted. Do not post any confidential information that you do not want anyone to see. Or if the option of hiding some of the information, refer to that route instead.
