Unit 10: Privacy is Important

Growing up in a society where social media is a huge part of people’s live, the topic of protecting our privacy is certainly relevant. Many people may be unaware of the fact that their are a myriad of ways for us to protecting our privacy on different social media websites. One of the first ways to achieve this is by making sure that everything is password protected and making sure that you don’t save the password onto your computer. Although people might think it is convenient to save passwords onto your laptop or computer, it can also be a hinderance on your privacy because whoever gets onto your computer will be able to gain access to the accounts that you saved your password to. Another way for us to secure privacy on social media is obviously to turn on the private setting. Social media accounts such as Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook offer a privacy setting. This means that your account will only be visible to those that you allow to see it. Facebook goes the extra mile with this by making it this way for everything that you post. Any post that you make on facebook you can modify to only be visible by certain people regardless if you are friends with them or not. The biggest mistake when it comes to privacy protection is giving out personal information. Be mindful of what you post and when. you post. These different social media cites have the option of allowing others to see your location which could most certainly be dangerous in some cases. One of Snapchat’s newest features involves a snap-map that let’s people know your exact location. Turning these settings off would be extremely wise if you are worried about others seeing where you are and what you are doing. These are just a few of the many ways that we can protect our privacy.