• DocumentCode
    892845
  • Title

    What Anyone Can Know: The Privacy Risks of Social Networking Sites

  • Author

    Rosenblum, David

  • Author_Institution
    Harvard Univ., Cambridge
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    40
  • Lastpage
    49
  • Abstract
    For the Net generation, social networking sites have become the preferred forum for social interactions, from posturing and role playing to simply sounding off. However, because such forums are relatively easy to access, posted content can be reviewed by anyone with an interest in the users´ personal information.
  • Keywords
    data privacy; security of data; social aspects of automation; Net generation; posted content; posturing; privacy risk; role playing; social interaction forum access; social networking site; user personal information; Facebook; MySpace; privacy; social networking sites;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Security & Privacy, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1540-7993
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSP.2007.75
  • Filename
    4218550