{"id":406,"date":"2017-01-10T00:30:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T00:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/?p=406"},"modified":"2017-01-23T00:56:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T00:56:02","slug":"bye-bye-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/emilydouglas\/2017\/01\/10\/bye-bye-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Bye Bye Privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello \u00a0??<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Have you ever got the feeling that the whole world is watching you?<\/span><\/p>\n

I know I have.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Privacy seems to be something we strive for in today’s society, though shouldn’t this be something that comes naturally? For any company to track information about you, all you have to do is load their web page. Crazy. The majority of us use smartphones, search engines and are members of social networks such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter – but we must understand that being a part of these pose serious privacy risks. Online hackers tend to gather the majority of their victim’s information through the available\u00a0info on their social media sites. Who is to blame? Is it our fault for exposing such information online and should we be more careful? Or has social media trampled on our right to be private?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Social media sites utilise\u00a0mobile apps and their location settings by allowing users to ‘check in’ online. This usually reveals the user’s current location to everyone they’re connected to on their social media account. So not only does the online world know the majority\u00a0of your personal information, likes, interests etc but they now know where you are. Online thieves usually work through users email accounts. The ‘forgotten my password’ option allows them to easily access\u00a0the majority of your<\/strong> online accounts and if users are not careful – any information that has been transmitted\u00a0through social media will be revealed.<\/p>\n

Today I will be interviewing a keen social media fanatic to\u00a0find out how far he believes he is at risk online, how much information he would reveal online and hopefully help him to understand how dangerous the world wide web is.<\/span><\/h5>\n

Before the interview, I conducted some initial research to see how much personal information I could collect through his social media accounts. Here are my results:<\/p>\n

Full name:<\/strong> Daniel Sparkes, English, Male
\nEmail:<\/strong> Danny_sparkes@hotmail.co.uk<\/span>
\nAge:<\/strong> 20, born on 2rd of May<\/span>
\nEmployment:<\/strong> Ticket rep for Soundclash festival, works for Decibel UK and Halo Bournemouth
\nNumber:<\/strong> 0777330993<\/span>
\nUniversity:<\/strong> Bournemouth University, studying forensic science<\/span>
\nFamily:<\/strong> Mother: Beverly Sparkes\u00a0<\/span>
\nPets:<\/strong> Cat, name Freya<\/span>
\nHome:<\/strong> Isle of White<\/span><\/p>\n

These results were collected within 5 minutes of scanning his online Facebook and Instagram account.<\/p>\n

Hit play on the video below:\u00a0<\/span><\/pre>\n