Social Networking Student #

The History Over the past 15 to 20 social networking sites have increased due to popularity. Today over 350 sites exist which cover ever topical interest. New web technologies allow for user interaction.

Combining element of web 2.0 User Generated Many to many relationships Distributed Digital Media

Types of Users Many of the methods discussed out line that users may be aware but are unwilling to break with peer pressure and often fall into specific user categories. Users who choose social networking sites to socialise and meet others Attention seekers are individuals who often seek the attentions of others and make comments towards other so that they will get noticed venture into SNS in order to keep up with what going on amongst their friends and associates but never really contribute to what is taking place but watch from a distance. Reacquaint themselves with friends from their past that they have lost contact with Not being particularly interested in the social networking sites themselves, but their membership is the result of peer pressure

Have you read the Terms of use with in the chosen social networking site Users should always read the terms and conditions before getting involved with social networking and other sites as this allows them to see what happens to their confidential information. User awareness

Users personal information D.O.B, location, Name, Gender and Mobile number, etc

User Vulnerabilities 2 versions of the Facebook Photography programs affected Hacker Croll – May 2009 obtains the details from the wife's twitter account High profile Britney Spears, Barack Obama, Rick Sanchez, Fake information sent to users to capture various user information SQL Injection, which accounted for 19% of the total incidents JavaScript-based, Samy worm, Kamkar to attain more than one million "friends" in 24 hours on my space

User Safeguards The user can safeguard them selves from the social networking vulnerabilities in many ways. Having updates assist with the protection of the users computer and protected them from common malware Having the system set to update its self with the latest critical and moderate patches will make sure the system stays clean from vulnerabilities that could otherwise be allowed to affect an unpatched system. Making sure authorisation of passwords for the account is paramount to the security. breaches here will often allow the person to gain access into other areas or sites so a combination of different charters, numbers and symbols should be used Only post information into these sites that you believe will not have an adverse affect to your personal life and safety as an individual The posting of photographic information should be kept to minimum and only shown to individuals that are friends, images that were not intended for the internet should never be placed onto these sites. Making sure that only friends who are true friends are allowed to view information within social networking site. Adding others friends with in social networking site without knowing them may lead to many types of social networking attacks.

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