Humans seek to impact other’s knowledge, with influencing taking either a benevolent or malevolent form. For example, advertising and education exemplify benign influence, aiming to enlighten people. A networked world has bestowed new communications styles for people. Traditional media has lost its monopoly as a sole communication and information platform. Indeed, new social media has expanded communication networks, where people can partake and obtain information about the public issues.
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Are social
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medias safe?
Social media is a goldmine for scammers and identity thieves because people add their personal information to services, which makes the work for scammers much easier. More open information sharing has enabled cybercriminals and state actors to find novel ways to pry into people's lives. For example, Social Search allows to anyone to look people from different social medias. As a result, social media services are subject to many security threats. Social media spying often precedes a cyberattack. Below, has been listed some news on various methods used for spying on social media.
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