Social Networking
There are countless things we can do with Social Media. From
getting into contact with a company recruiter about a job or connecting with
old friends from college. There are also other uses countries have found that
have proven to be quite helpful. In the article, “In India, Using Facebook to
Catch Scofflaw Drivers”, Heather Timmons wrote, “With just 5,000 traffic
officers in this city of 12 million people, the social networking site is
filling a useful role, a police officer said. “Traffic police can’t be present everywhere,
but rules are always being broken.” Surprisingly, a lot of people want to
contribute to make roads a safer place in India so they took initiative. Now a
simple bystander can help the police crackdown on traffic violations by simply
taking a picture and posting it to the Facebook page.
Although it has been
proven that Social Media has countless benefits, it has also been used to exploit
innocent people. In the article, “BBB: New Wave of Phishing Scams Uses Facebook
Info for Personalized Spam”, a BBB news release, it has been stated that, “Scammers
are tapping into the personal data available through Facebook, Google+ and
LinkedIn to pose as your friends in fraudulent emails.” I can speak to this
personally because a friend of mine was recently scammed out of a brand new
iPhone. He posted a picture of his phone on a buying and selling page and someone
created a fake account, added him as a friend and scammed him into sending him
the iPhone without paying him. This has been an ongoing theme on Facebook, LinkedIn
and even dating websites. I believe these technologies are going to continue to
decrease human interaction and increase the opportunities for scammers. Although companies are trying to combat fake
accounts, scammers always seem to find a new way to exploit innocent users.
Its really good how you discussed some cons of social media, there are many chances of you getting scammed when you openly available in sites like facebook or myspace. And also we always have to make sure we are keeping up with the antivirus which help us protect are personal and confidential information.
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