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Imagine yourself being targeted. Targeted by someone you don’t even know. You are forever being looked at by others from behind a screen. Watching what you do. Who your friends are. What you like. What you dislike. The list goes on and on. Now most of these people are your friends, who you trust and all they want to do is see your up to because well we all are a bit nosey aren’t we?, but I’m asking you do you really know and trust all the people who are “friends” on Facebook? |
Facebook has become such a fast and easy way for people to connect with others via the use social media. You can communicate with close ones, friends and family that live far away or even keep up to date with the latest gossip, but I know someone sitting here today has either had one of two things happen to them. Have you ever been requested to be “friends” with someone you don’t know? You’ve never heard or seen them EVER in your life before, but you accept them anyway. Or are you the person who adds people who YOU don’t know because you think they look “hot” or because they are a friend of a friend of a friend who is “algoods” but honestly you really don’t know them at all. Facebook is a great invention but I my opinion it’s wrecking privacy |
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A few years ago an Auckland woman was investigated by police for using several fake online profiles to communicate with young men over Facebook. One of the young men was later was found dead in a park in Christchurch following the online relationship scam. His mother believed her son’s relationship with the predator was the contributing factor to his death. He took his own life. The relationship was conducted via Facebook, then by phone however the pair never met. The woman played mind games with him. Emailing, texting and calling even once the relationship was over. The woman was never charged for contributing to his death. |
Last year 69% of teens received messages online from people they don’t know. About 5% of those teens told an adult they trust about it. Teens are regularly posting on social media. 64% of them posting pictures, videos and comments weekly. 58% posting personal info about where they live and 10% posting contact numbers. Internet sites like Facebook are enabling people to be targeted. Do you remember how quick and easy it was to make your profile? All you have to do is put in your email, first and last name, create a password, add an image then bam you have joined the ever growing population of Facebook. That’s how easy it is for a predator. Create a fake name, put a random photo of someone as their profile picture and there you go, they are online looking for the venerable. Sites like Facebook have made it 100 times easier for youth to be victims of stalking and sexual harassment. |
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Take for an example a 16 year old boy who innocently posts a picture of his new flash car in front of his house to his friends on Facebook. This is providing information for potential predators as it is showing them what his car looks like, his license plate number, house address and even what his house looks like. Creepy right??? |
Another way that Facebook has wrecked privacy is the lack of control over people posting images of others without consent. Have you ever been tagged in a photo that you didn’t give consent to? Each image posted is out there forever on the internet. Once posted you can never actually permanently delete. These images one day could be misinterpreted and cause you to have loss of job opportunities. Never let anyone post an image of you without your knowledge. Facebook also has restricted you to not be able to see who’s been looking at your profile. They designed it that way. This means you will never know if a person has been stalking your page. The apps you can download to apparently tell you “who has been looking” is merely statistics of likes, posts and comment about you. It has never been proven to generate an actual list with you so called “stalkers”. So you actually will never know. |
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Now don’t get me wrong I love to spend an afternoon chatting with friends on Facebook, sharing my latest images of my day out with friends but remember what you post to Facebook stays with Facebook. It can never be permanently deleted. Think before you post. Go home tonight and look at your friends list. Ask your self do you really know and trust them? Think carefully about your Facebook friends, this could be the difference between you being safe or the end to your privacy. Who do you want to know all of your private stuff? |
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