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With new media being completely digital and on the web, many privacy and confidentiality issues arise through these platforms. For example, there are many stalkers and criminals who create social media accounts with fake identities. Through these fake identities, they may pretend to be your colleagues, classmates, or friends. After you have accepted them into your connections, they will have access to your biography, photographs, videos, and posts. These criminals may sell this information to various buyers and your personal life would be exposed to the public. Oftentimes, you do not even know that you have been hacked or stalked until you find your personal information on websites you have never been on in your life. It becomes extremely dangerous to post private information that you do not want the public to know about.

Also, there are many hackers out there who would attach viruses to digital files such as images, videos, video games, and documents. After your computer has been infected they may key log your account usernames and passwords. With this information, hackers may have access to your bank account information, friends list, chat logs, and every aspect of your personal life.

These are all major issues that come along with new media and being exposed to the web. It is extremely important to protect your personal information so that your privacy and confidentiality is not intruded.

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  1. UnknownDecember 5, 2017 at 4:07 PM

    Hey Curtis,

    I recently incorporated privacy in my term paper as I found it a really interesting topic. I also read how hackers can gain access to your accounts using the "forgot password" option. They enter information they find on your social media accounts and reset the password. Definitely a huge concern as technology is advancing!

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