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Facebook Privacy - How safe are you?

2/10/2012

This is an article that appeared in today's Irish Independent:

http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/irish-facebook-members-duped-by-hoax-privacy-notice-chain-letter-3248239.html

Read the article and comment on it in this blog post.

Are people over-reacting?
Do people (especially teenagers) share too much on Facebook?
Do you believe that your private information is safe on Facebook?
Do you share too much on Facebook?

32 Comments

Dylan Byrne

2/10/2012 11:54:20 am

I think people do post a lot of things they should not like phone numbers and email account. I believe your private information is not safe because how is it safe if it is online. I do not share any information online because if someone accessed your account they will see your private information.

buky

3/10/2012 07:12:32 am

I disagree with you because people dont post there work on there wall they only post it in chats and not just because its online it would be seen.

buky

2/10/2012 01:49:08 pm

i dont think they are because if they were you would have seen it on your page like they said.

buky

3/10/2012 07:04:10 am

Im not really sure if people are over-reacting because everyone has there own opinion so must people might be and most people might not be.I think teenagers do post a lot about themselves on Facebook because there is most things going on that you don,t need to say on Facebook but most people do.I think my private information is safe but for any reason if i feel unsafe i would instantly delete my account.No i dint share too much on Facebook only things i know are suitable to go up.

Dylan Byrne

3/10/2012 07:14:43 am

I agree with Buky with her point

sharmyne dullaghan

2/10/2012 01:51:59 pm

I think that not many people share that much information on facebook. But some people share too much, so this leaves them open. If we rashion what we say on Facebook none of this will happen.

Olamide Fazaz

2/10/2012 02:40:29 pm

I Think its safe the chances of people hacking your profile is one in a million

Sarah :D

2/10/2012 03:27:57 pm

Well, I don't really think that is happening but it could happen. I don't really know what to believe ! I think really its not people are just posting it because someone posted it and it was then going around facebook like things do. So i think its just a rumor !!!!!!:)

aodhan

3/10/2012 06:59:15 am

Yes i think people are over reacting.
I also think that teenagers share to much things on facebook.
YES i believe my private information is safe.
No i don't share a lot of things on facebook.

Igor

3/10/2012 06:59:46 am

Are people over-reacting? No.
Do people (especially teenagers) share too much on Facebook? Yes, they have their pictures, where they live, their school and sometimes their account doesn't have any privacy settings so that even people that are not friends with them can see everything on their wall.
Do you believe that your private information is safe on Facebook? Yes because my account has private settings on so that no one thats not my friend can see my details & I do not have my details or phone number on facebook.
Do you share too much on Facebook? No, most of my details are only shown to my friends only.

Dylan D

3/10/2012 07:00:54 am

I think the idea of people putting up these websites is idiotic. Yes people do over react it is not a serious issue but the idea of people feeling like their account is not safe is not a good image. Yes teenagers share to much on Facebook and some of this is reasonable and some of it Facebook could do without. Yes i believe that the messages are safe but you images and your statuses are able to be seen by the owners as Facebook. No i do not share to much statuses on Facebook I only use it to message people and to hear the latest news.

olivia

3/10/2012 07:01:47 am

Well from what I know once you delete or take any photos or the like the will always be owned by Facebook but i do think some teens share to much stuff. You can have privacy locks but some people might not use them. I don't think I share to much information on Facebook because other people could see it and because of other things to but this is just a hoax and i don't know why it started?

Karolina

3/10/2012 07:02:05 am

The people are over-reacting.
In my opinion teenagers do share more privacy of their life than adults do.
No I do not believe that my privacy is safe on facebook.
No I don't share much of my privacy on facebook.

jamie

3/10/2012 07:02:39 am

I think the people are over reacting putting that on there page .Id say its just one person trying to get loads of likes on the picture .

Laura Finnegan

3/10/2012 07:02:59 am

I don't think it's true because it would be illegal to do it. I think people are over reacting as Facebook has to ask your permission before getting into your private stuff. I do think teenagers share too much on Facebook. They post up private stuff that shouldn't be posted up. I think everyone's information is safe on Facebook and I don't believe that the government can get into your stuff without asking for you permission. I think the whole thing is very stupid and people need to realise that their private information cannot be posted up onto Facebook.

brandon nugent

3/10/2012 07:03:18 am

I think that nobody would hack your profile. It would be highly illegal. I would be outrageously angry if i found out someone was going through my messages. I dont think that the government should be allowed use your stuff,therefore nobody in the whole world should be allowed go through anything that is of your privacy .

Lija

3/10/2012 07:03:52 am

I think people are over-reacting! Your personal information is safe if you set your page to private, but its not if you share your phone number or your address! It's your own fault if you post things that you shouldn't. I wouldn't personally share too much from my point of view. It is quite absurd when people post things that they regret later and then have the ordasity to blame someone else for the consequences of doing so. Teenagers would tend to share more on Facebook than older people, because they want to get things off their chest and behind a computer screen is the safest place to do so according to most of them. Some ttenagers don't even think about their privacy being violated when they post things that they shouldn't. Posting ONE post about the government will NOT change anything!

olivia

3/10/2012 07:17:44 am

i agree with Lija when starting Facebook you must agree to terms and conditions and you can also put a privacy setting on you'r account so only you'r friends can see you'r information and you also have to approve the requests first !

Sean Rooney

3/10/2012 07:04:11 am

I think people are over-reacting.
Teenagers share too much on Facebook.
I think that anyboby's information is safe on Facebook.
I don't share anything on Facebook because I'm not on Facebook.

Dylan Byrne

3/10/2012 07:05:03 am

Q1. Yes people are over reacting.

Q2. Yes they do share to much people do not need to share the amount of information that they but on every day.

Q3. No of course not how is anything safe on Facebook. It is an online website were people can see what you post and when.

Q4. No I don't share much information. I don't because I am not a type of person who spends hours sharing information with the world.

Olamidefazaz

3/10/2012 07:05:18 am

Why Would Facebook let other people see your private messages.I don't think its true because if Facebook let that happen people will stop using Facebook because teenagers share a lot of stuff on Facebook.That means all their money is gone and Facebook will get old like Bebo did and die down.I think its stupid why would the government use your private information ?????? .

Blathin

3/10/2012 07:06:19 am

I think people are slightly over reacting, if you don't want people knowing your private life, stop posting it! I think people (especially teenagers) share a bit too much on Facebook. I don't put a lot of my private information on Facebook but if I did, I would use the privacy settings to make sure that not everyone can see my personal info. I don't share a lot on Facebook, I pretty much just use it to chat with friends.

Sharmyne

3/10/2012 07:08:59 am

Yes people are overreacting, the government are not allowed to use our personal information, it is against the law. Many teenagers do share a lot on facebook if we rashion the amount of posts that we do share because if we did hoaxs like this would have no meaning. I do not believe thta my information is safe on facebook. I dont think that i share too much on facebook.

Joe Corduff

3/10/2012 07:09:06 am

Yes because the government will never be able to share your business.I believe everyone is just sharing it because others are.

No we don't we share what we want and some video's of music.We sure young and wild!

Yes because I have said loads of private stuff on it and no one knows about it!

I don't share too much.I share when i want other people to see it.

amylee

3/10/2012 07:09:22 am

I also agree that they aren’t over reacting. They have no right to share our personal information. Our private stuff need to stay private. I think that teenagers are defiantly sharing too much information, like instead of giving people their number in mail now they are doing it in statuses’ I am not sure nowadays if our information is safe or not. I personally think that I don’t share too much information.

Alice Tejaya

3/10/2012 07:09:53 am

I do think people are over reacting by posting that long notice because it isn't guaranteed that by posting it your Facebook page will b left private.
In my opinion I do think that some teenagers in our generation share way too much personal information on face book such as ; where they have been just by adding a location from where the text was sent from and sending personal pictures and videos which can b leaked if your Facebook page is hacked.
I do not think my personal information or anybody else personal information is safe on Facebook, because if it were peoples accounts wouldn't get hacked.
I don't share to much information on Facebook because I don't think there's much need to tell the whole world my whole life story.

Olamidefazaz

3/10/2012 07:10:30 am

Why Would Facebook let other people see your private messages.I don't think its true because if Facebook let that happen people will stop using Facebook because teenagers share a lot of stuff on Facebook Like I Share a lot of things on Facebook but im not reacting like other people are people are just over reacting .That means all their money is gone and Facebook will get old like Bebo did and die down.I think its stupid why would the government use your private information ?????? .

Brandon nugent

3/10/2012 07:10:36 am

i dont think people are over-reacting necause nobody in the whole world should be allowed go through personal stuff.
i think only a small amount of people share too much stuff on facebook.
I dont know if information on facebook is safe or unsafe.
I only joined facebook so i dont post up a lot of stuff.

Dylan Vaughey

3/10/2012 07:11:55 am

Yes. they are over-reacting the government aren't taking they cant and they will not aloud. lots of teenagers are not very protective of what they put up so bad pictures and comments its so wrong.I do think the things example (pictures and videos) on Facebook you put up because if you try and see someones pictures you have to be there friends.No I am very very careful what I put up.

andrew stewart

3/10/2012 07:17:19 am

I do think they are over reacting because if you are afraid then just set your profile to private. Don`t go and tell the whole world lies and get sympathy for yourself. Its all lies and you should just go on with your normal life.

People do share to much information. Like some people say that their going to the toilet and that`s to much. Other people keep their business to them selves and close friends.

Yes I do think people are keeping peoples privet information are as good as safe on Facebook. If it was not people would have left it years ago.

I am not on it but when I was I did and now i am off it.

Jamie Brennan

3/10/2012 07:19:08 am

I Think people are really over reacting . yes I think people my age share a bit too much on facebook and certainly stupid old people put up going out for a meal they just post anything up on facebook. Yes it think my stuff is safe on facebook. No i rarely go on facebook I only go on it when i am bored .

calvin

13/12/2012 06:45:44 am

A few of my friends got hacked but the gave out their password to other people. i think that my facebook is private because i don't put up personal things.

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