What is privacy on social media? Usually we think of privacy as a way to keep our lives private or not sharing a lot with others. But, how do we have privacy on social media? There are millions of people around the world who have social media accounts. When making an account we need to agree to the privacy terms and conditions but do we really read them? No, we hit "agree" and move on with the account. These privacy terms are very important to understand so we know what are consenting to. Rowenna Fielding reads those terms and conditions so we don't have to. As I was listening to a podcast about privacy on social media with Rowenna Fielding and Lorrie Cranor, a professor at Carnegie Mellon and director of CyLab Security and Privacy Institute, they really made me think about all the apps I have downloaded on my phone or will continue to download. They discuss how social media makes their privacy terms very long and full of words we will not understand-w...
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