What is cybercrime?It can be defined as any criminal acts using computers, networks and Internet. One of the challenges of social networking site is users are exposed to be a victim of cybercriminals (the person who did the cybercrime.) WHY?
The reason is; many users of social networking sites do not realize that whenever they reveal their personal information, not only their friends are able to see but strangers also might get the information freely! Using these information, cybercriminals can use it for their own advantage such as hacking and spreading viruses.
Uploading photos for public view is also a common thing nowadays. As a cybercriminals, they see this as an opportunity for them. This is because; they can take the photos and edit (super impose) for humiliating purpose.
hye everyone!! Lets guess what will happen when all activities we do in our social networking sites happen in reality..?? Here, we would like to share one video that will tell us what will it looks like..=)
It is undeniable that every single thing in this world has its own risk. Now, we would like to share some risks that user might not realize about social networks. The risks are i) create social problems, ii) safety and security and iii) time consuming.
i) Create Social Problems
Social problem is issues that are unwanted among society.
The number of user with fake identity is increasing. We believe that they do enjoy cheating others. Taking advantage on other’s weaknesses is a common thing for this type of people. In addition to that, they can also do anything they want since no one could detect who actually they are. This may lead to negative and moral impact to an individual and society. For example, social networks can cause suicide like what happened to 13 year old girl, Megan Meier. She did commit suicide after she was emotionally hurt because of a boy with fake identity. =)
ii)Safety and Security Once we fill up our detail information into any social networking site, it is no longer safe. The information that will be viewed by our friends will be also available to strangers which we might not want them to know. It becomes worse when there is inability to control communication among children and teenagers in those social network sites. Most of children nowadays do not think the dangers of exposing what they should not expose. For example, they freely upload their photos into their social network accounts. As parent who concern about their children’s safety, they need to supervise what the children do with their social network accounts.
Another problem users might face is threat of viruses. For instance, Facebook is filled with thousands of users around the world and don’t be surprised if you find out a number of viruses attack through most of the pages. In addition, Facebook also involves several stalkers who enjoy stealing other people account. These people could cost us a lot of money to repair our computer depending how bad the damage are. As to prevent this situation to happen, do update antivirus frequently to filter out new viruses. =)
iii)Time Consuming
Social networks can be very addictive to certain user. Once we connected with friends, we will keep on discovering what other friends are doing. We might be addicted to update status, chat and reply comments with friends especially with those who we have not met for many years. When we are addicted to those thing, many hours will be wasted, which supposedly we could have done something more important or beneficial. We should fill our precious time to do activities that are more worthy. No wonder why some organizations such as offices and even some schools block the access to this kind of sites due to the reason of wasting time and lead to less productivity to their organizations. =)
Dear our beloved reader..
Before we go further on our main topic for creating this blog, we would like to define 'Social Network'.
Social Network is a medium to communicate with others through Internet. Social Network commonly used to stay connected with family and friends. The most popular activities that are provided in social network are sharing information, making new friends and updating current issues. Facebook, MySpace, Friendster and Twitter are some examples of Social Network. =)
Hye everyone~! In this post, we would like to introduce ourselves..
First and foremost, kindly meet...
Nurul Farahin bt Ramli =)
Holding matric number 1027830
My attendance number is 73
Next, introducing...
Alyaa bt Kamarudin
Matric number: 1027464
My attendance number is 71 =)
We are from class ICTM 1803 (Information Technology), section 1 for semester 3 2010/2011. We are assigned by our beloved and charming lecturer, Sir Razi Jalaldeen, to create a blog with our chosen topic. We decided to choose topic number 2 which is 'Challenges of Social Network'. Our group name is 'Terra'.
