As we get more and more online and people start using social media more prevalently. Should we worry about the data that they have in their hands? Can we trust large social media corporations with our data?
When social media gets started it requires personal information to create an account. Examples are first name, last name, email, password, DoB, country, and some require security questions. There are downsides to them having all that information. If they get hacked and a data breach occurs then peoples personal information is out on the web.
Once that information is out there the people that have access to it can do nefarious stuff with it. They can log into your account and do bad stuff on it. When a data breach occurs you Should immediately change your password. That will prevent them from being able to log into your account.
In 2021 Facebook had a data breach in which 553 million users’ data was leaked. That data contained phone numbers, full names, locations, email addresses, and biological data.
Security researchers say hackers could use the data to impersonate people and commit fraud.
Business Insider, https://www.businessinsider.com/stolen-data-of-533-million-facebook-users-leaked-online-2021-4
In response, Facebook said that they would crack down on people and organizations that scrape data that access is against their TOS.
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