Privacy and Confidentiality

            Privacy is an issue that many people may come across when using new media. Examples of new media that might pose privacy issues are Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Tumblr. Facebook does give its users the option to make their profiles private, but on the off chance that someone's Facebook was public, it would allow for anyone to see your pictures, find out what city you live in, and even look up your birthday. Facebook also allows you to tag yourself on a map when "checking in" to a restaurant for example, this can allow for anyone to locate you at any given time which could be dangerous in some instances. Instagram is another form of social media that doesn't really offer much confidentiality. In the user guidelines, it states that anyone can take your Instagram pictures and share them on their profiles; the user content is considered to be publicly shared. Twitter also offers little privacy to its users, although most people don't really seem to mind that fact. But those that do use Twitter usually have public accounts where anyone can read their tweets. It's safe to say that almost all social media sites offer little privacy as they are meant to be used publicly.