Solution to Social Media Privacy Problem

Student’s Name: Instructor’s Name: Course Number: Date: Solution to Social Media Privacy Problem. Private information and security are critical to everyone. It has become a popular topic especially with the current rise of social media applications whose purpose is to connect people and require the personal information to do so. Although there are the usual vulnerabilities that face the internet social networking applications, the problem of privacy raises a massive concern due to their access to and handling of personal data of their users. The issue majorly affects the consumers of the information as the threat may lead to particular social media prospects of bullying, stalking and even crime. Therefore, the problem has to be addressed to prevent future occurrences of the same and ensure that social media only serves the purpose of creating a platform where people can interact and socialize. PART I. Idrees Ahmad, in his article, postulates several weaknesses and demerits related to social media. The author states that with the increased number of individuals gaining access to the platform, it is very easy for one to know all about another person and target them (Ahmad 2). This is a robust issue regarding the privacy of a social media user that has significantly escalated cases of cyberbullying using the social network, an issue that scholars are saying to be on a rampant rage and rise with the advanced and simple modes of accessing one's personal information. Aaron Beach of the University of Colorado at Boulder elucidates that the social media is the leading communication and interaction system where hundreds of millions of people are logged in, hence giving the developers of the platforms a wealth of information from all of its users (Ahmad 8). Mike Gartrell supports the views of the two scholars stating that the location-aware mobile social network (LAMSN) systems correlates the personal information keyed in to the platform with the physical location of the user with an objective of enabling the user to create relationships and interact with other users in the same locality (Beach, Gartrell & Richard 51). However, the creators or developers of the distinct platforms do not realize that the preferences being made universal are actual forms of an individual’s privacy violation. The scholars explain that the fusion of social media computing has led to an instant and sudden rise of a series of applications with specific obligations and implications that the public does not yet fully understand, leave alone accept. The scholars and other authoritative groups in the same context state that the problem of privacy in social networks is due to lack of proper and adequate tools for collaborative privacy management and in order to curb it, they propose that social media networks in the future generations should establish platforms that are equipped with built-in mechanisms that anchor effective and efficient efforts in privacy management. Another group of scholars have implemented a solution to the issue where they have currently designed a system called the identity server with the view of addressing the described security and privacy problem (Beach, Gartrell & Richard 51). The solution works well with an exhibition of cert...