Messages leaked or not leaked? Every other day e-papers publish headlines about the privacy of private messages on social media. Many people thought that it might be some controversy marketing tactic, to create hype about the social media and provide support to the promotion and publicity of the social networking sites. But do the social media actually need any such publicity? Actually, No! There have been many opinions about the privacy of social media private messages, however the round world centers again and again at a single point, are these private messages actually private? Do social media maintain your privacy? General Perception: Generally people believe that private messages in social media are actually private, and no information is leaked to anyone. This group of people does not accept the news of private messages leakage and act as the proponents of the social media, which claim that it totally secures the privacy of the users. Critics' Opinion: Critics of social media believe that the information of private messages is leaked to other people, as all the information is stored somewhere in the world, in the main storage systems. The controllers can actually leak the information to the world. On the other hand, the policies of social media change every moment, and every social networking site has to comply with the changing trends of the social media. Therefore, any change in the policies can influence the personal information of the users. Analysis: Your privacy on social media is private to an extent. Not only the management of social networking sites can approach your private information, but other cyber services and national authorities can also approach your information for the security purposes. There are other services also, which any individual person or a business tycoon can render in order to reach out information related to his business. National authorities are the most powerful entities of approaching your personal information. There have been cases in the recent years in which many people have suffered in the hands of national authorities due to their social media information, uploads and posts. Similar is the fear which refrains several big business names to adopt the marketing trends of social media. On the other hand, even if the national authorities, other services and social media controllers do not monitor your uploads, yet there are common people who are interested in reaching out your information for personal or business purposes. There are complete systems set up to retrospectively approach your information and attain their desired information, even if it is available in your private messages. Yet, there is another chance. The national spying agencies are gathering information about the people as pre-counter terrorist activities, and the best medium for such information is your private messaging space. The social networking sites themselves can use your information, images and private messages for marketing purposes, for your information in the Western world displayed as a marketing element in the Eastern World will definitely stay hidden from your eyes! About Author: Web Design Dubai company offering services Corporate Identity Design, Interface Design, Software Development, Business intelligence, web design solutions, Mobile applications development , logo design.
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