1. Users & Behaviors Abuses and Security of Social Media Sites Group: Kenie R. Moses - Rachel Sitarz - Scott Abney Purdue University Spring 2011 Social internet TECH621
2. Social Media Apps and Usage Users Behaviors: Beware of Media Apps Scott Abney
3. Social Media App Intro Apple App Store has over 300,000 apps Facebook is around 60,000 apps Twitter just passed over 50,000 apps 97% of social media users do not check apps or links for viruses
4. Apple App Store has over 100 millions users User info hacked due to knockoffs off applications (Weather HD app) Thuat Nguyen created 50 apps for app store, then charged up to $600 after hacking into over 400 iTunes accounts for furthering purchases on his other apps Storm 8 created apps for online games that misconstrued what users were downloading, purchases ranged from $150-$1400
5. Twitter Around 200 million users on Twitter Over 50% of tweets are sent from 3rd party applications Common app that is used for hacking claims to increase subscribers Security shield application
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7. November 2010, over 60,000 people clicked on the ePrivacy app to try to see who viewed their profile
10. What Can You Do???? Research applications before adding them Never give out any private information Check security settings on your social network www.facecrooks.com
11. Social Media Usage and Security Users Behaviors: How Secure Are You? Kenie R. Moses
12. Social Network Usage Nearly 20% of Internet users are tweeting on Twitter or using another service to share personal and business updates, or to see updates about others 66% of LinkedIn users are decision makers or have influence in the purchase decisions at their companies In 2011, 70+ Percent of Marketers Will Be Using Social Media
13. Social Network Usage Continued 54% percent of the companies studied have at least one Facebook Fan page 72% of companies plan to invest more in social networks 79% of the largest fortune 500 firms use Twitter, to communicate with customers or employees 80% of companies are planning to use social networks to find or attract candidates
14. Social Network Data Leakage 17% of US companies investigated the exposure of confidential information via a posting to a social networking sites 13% of US companies investigated the exposure of confidential, sensitive or private information via Twitter 54% of ClOs said their firms do not allow employees to visit social networking sites for any reason while at work.
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16. 46% of Facebook users feel there are security and privacy risks.
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18. Social Media Abuse and Misuse User Behaviors: Deviant Activities Rachel Sitarz
19. Introduction Pornography Internet trends Deviant behavior: Child Pornography (CP) usage Predatory behaviors Victimization of children
20. Pornography Usage Multi-billion dollar industry (Ferraro & Casey, 2005) $97 billion worldwide $13 billion in the US alone Every second, $3,075.64 is being spent 28,258 are viewing pornography every second 372 Internet users are typing adult search terms into search engines 39 minutes new pornography is made in US
21. Pornography Usage Continued Sex is the most searched topic, with one-third of all internet user visiting some form of sexually related site regularly Anonymity, cheap, easily accessed, avoid social embarrassment, instant gratification, easily hidden
22. Pornography Pages By Country Country Porn Pages: United States 244,661,900 Germany 10,030,200 United Kingdom 8,506,800 Australia 5,655,800 Japan 2,700,800 The Netherlands 1,883,800 Russia 1,080,600 Poland 1,049,600 Spain 852,800
23. Pornography Stats 40 million U.S. adults regularly visit Internet pornography 20% of men admit accessing pornography at work 70% of women keep their online activities secret 10% of adults admit to Internet sexual addition 17% of women admit to struggling with pornography addiction
24. Child Pornography Online Child pornography isn't new, it’s easier to access without as many social and legal risks Some statistics estimate that 1.5 million children have been and currently are being exploited Multi-billion dollar industry with estimated 100,000 child pornography websites “Golden Age of Child Pornography”
25. Child Pornography Continued Child pornography is one of the fastest growing businesses online Content is continually getting worse and more graphic 58% of CP websites are made in US
26. Online Predators 644,865 Registered Sex Offenders in the US (many unregistered) 80 % of offenders were explicit about their intentions with youth 73 % of online crimes, teens go to meet the offender on multiple occasions for multiple sexual encounters
28. Youth Victimization Approximately 1 in 6 youth online (10 to 17-years-old) received a sexual solicitation or approach over the Internet. 4% received an aggressive sexual solicitation – meeting, phone call, gifts 34% had an unwanted exposure to pornography 27% of the youth who encountered unwanted pornography told a parent or guardian Research indicates that 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 10 boys will be sexually victimized before adulthood