Inside The Dangerous World of Facebook

   There are many Facebook dangers. Sadly, most probably aren't aware of them.  From the article To Be Or Not To Be On Facebook: That Is The Question by Rashid Kashani, Susan Burwash, and Anita Hamilton, talks  about the potential dangers of Facebook. A main danger of Facebook is identity theft. Users put out too much personal information which leads to people stealing their identities. That brings me to my next point; privacy. The article said, every time Facebook updates or changes its website, your privacy settings are set back to default. After this happening, you must reset your privacy settings back to how you want them to be. The down fall is, if you are not aware of this, your profile and all of your information will be out in the public for everyone to see. Some applications on Facebook can access your information. Everything that you upload onto Facebook can be viewed  publicly. Nothing is really private. Facebook is also a way for people to stalk you, which can be very dangerous.


   I strongly agree with everything that the article talked about. I believe that Facebook can be very dangerous if it is not used cautiously. When using Facebook, you must act cautiously. It is best that you keep your settings on private so that only your friends can view your profile. Also, it is important that you only friend people that you actually know. I have read about cases where people would make a Facebook account and then act as someone else. If you think about it, over the internet, you never really know who you are talking to. There is always going to be someone out there that will be able to get around the privacy settings and retrieve all of your information. I think that Facebook is a great place to stay in contact with your friends and family, but there are just too many risks that come along with it. All it takes is someone to get your information, they can find out everything they need to know about you. Plus, they even have access to your picture, which means they know what you look like. In my opinion, Facebook is potentially very dangerous. The bottom line is that you need to be careful and aware of the dangerous so that you don't get caught in the middle of it.