In my opinion, the information posted on social media portals are not 100 percent. safe.
There have been cases of hacking and stealing information from thousands of records, user profiles of these portals.
In addition, there are developed techniques for building programs that read information from commentators entered into thousands of profiles of social media portals.
Then this information is a research material for the sentiment analyzes carried out, i.e. analyzes of opinions prevailing among users of these portals on specific companies, brands, products and services.
Do you agree with my opinion?
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Dariusz Prokopowicz
No system has been empirically tested to be 100% secure in terms of keeping information safe and confidential. Information entered on social media is for public consumption, we have heard many stories about security breaches. So definitely, its never secure
I wouldn't think so. On the other hand: Those exchanging confidential information via Social Networks shouldn't complain...
Yet no one claim with conviction about a foolproof security mechanism for protecting information any where in this world.
Security is a major concern in this era where no one escape from browsing information etc.
There's nothing called 100% security. Not even the pentagon would claim that they are 100% secure.
I agree with you, info posted is not currently 100 percent safe and may never be on social media portals.
Dariusz Prokopowicz
No system has been empirically tested to be 100% secure in terms of keeping information safe and confidential. Information entered on social media is for public consumption, we have heard many stories about security breaches. So definitely, its never secure
No, it can't. At the very least, one can write a bot to scrape the site and gather any publicly available info. It's in the nature of social media that at least some information there can be stolen.
All of "social media" portal made for mining information about their users, and shell them for "some" profit. The firms abuse these data provably. Every day we get new informations how they "managing" the user's datas. only the sillys think that, the social media is a safe place, but they are in majority, and for that working the social media business.
At hte first moment, when the "social media" began to work, the detectives get a new place to get information about users, they contacts and other things, from only the open written informations! I have an username, and password to use the FB, but NEVER posted anything, I have not an partner, or other, whit that username, but f I want to know anything from anybody I can...
All of software have mistakes, backdoors, like the hardware's fimrware. The information-technology did not made to be safe, only to be usefoul! Like all of what te humanity made, or invent, or did in all of our history. The safety and security is in the focus in my research.
And that is fact, never and nowhere is 100% safe, we are happy if we have in our life cca 70% safe...
This world is a dangerous place, to live is dangerous too, becouse phe possibility of die is 100%! (All of the exeptions what are documented are not verifiable )
Its depend upon the creator of Social network, if I created a social network application, my first priority will be security, due to the overwhelming social network users nowadays, the creators find it hard to provide security to the confidential information shared or posted in social networks.
Privacy is heading towards an obsolete concept in this digital era.
The social media is also used for data monetization, hence safety of data is not ensured!
Of course, the information posted on social networks is already beyond your control. The only question is how interesting the person is to "others." It’s a mystery to me why people who have certain rules about private information in everyday life think that social networks are “safe”. But we do not post an extract from our bank account or personal photographs on street lampposts? The Germans say: "Was wissen zwei, wisst Schwein". This principle works everywhere. Moreover, the “information leakage” method exists. It is used not only by governments, special services, companies, but also by private people. Even the children, afraid to say something to their father, or ask him about something, are told it to mother, in private - tête-à-tête, hoping that in this way they inform him (not without reason). If I don’t want someone to know something about me, I don’t say it publicly and I don’t publish it on social networks. Even private correspondence (whether electronic or postal) does not exclude the possibility of violation of confidentiality. So the recipe is simple - you don’t want anyone to know - don’t talk or write about it everythere.
In general, funny things happen in Internet - for example, a news feed tells me about a luxury yacht of some oligarch. If I read this article, there immediately appears an advertisement for tours to the tropics, offers for the sale of new yachts, etc. And if I’m doing a search, they’ll simply overwhelm me by “contextual advertising”. It’s funny to me, but people earn billions in this way ...
Interesting discussion.
I could not help but notice your usage of the term "safe". I will therefore start by differentiating between "cyber safety" and "security".
Fundamentally, cyber safety focuses on people while cybersecurity involves information.
Now moving on to the topic of discussion. It is important to note that security is not (may never be) 100% secure.
Dear Izaddeen Yakasai, Thank you very much for your explanation of the distinction between cybersecurity concepts, for your pointing out that cyber safety focuses on people while cybersecurity involves information. Yes, I fully agree with you that security is not (may never be) 100% secure. Best wishes, All the best, Stay healthy!
Dariusz Prokopowicz
Hello Dear Everyone, Thank you very much to all participants of this discussion for valuable information, substantive explanations, and for pointing out important issues regarding the issue of cybersecurity.
Best regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
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