We Should Care About Online Privacy

The fact that a random person can find your photo on social media is scary and this is why some people have trust issues on the internet. I definitely wouldn't want a stranger having access to my photos, locations, or any of my info without my consent. The article about the guy matching peoples photos with their Facebook profile photo is really scary and creepy. And to think that he didn't even have to pay or do anything outrageous to get the photos show how easy it is to get someones info on social media. Just like he said "The whole idea is that anyone can do the same thing as I did." A lot of people post their info without even knowing it and most of the social media platforms can do as they please with user info.

Aside from the possibility of getting stalked, cybercriminals also use social media to trick or catfish their victims. This reminds me of all the crazy stories i’ve heard about people getting duped and scammed on social media, where users meet random people, they get romantically involved or  become really close friends and then this random person starts requesting for money, or the African prince whose family died and left him a ton of money but he needs help getting access to the money. As soon they get the money, they stop communicating with the other person. I think all these happen because we unknowingly put our info out there hence making us vulnerable.

Some people post their entire lives on social media, from the moment they wake up to when they go to bed and they do this everyday. Truth is, we really should care about privacy on the internet but we don't and sadly anything that is posted on social media these days could be a target for criticism, exploitation, or attack.

Fact is, anything posted on the internet is not private anymore so when users publicly post personal information and photos, they leave cybercriminals free to use their information.