SECURITY AND PRIVACY IN SOCIAL NETWORKS

Abstract

Nowadays, social networks affect the lifestyle of communities in various ways. The possibility of communication between people in cyberspace, information sharing, knowing each other, and quick notifications are advantages of such networks. Besides that, social networks present a set of information to study virtual communities in various fields of science, ultimately leading to knowledge production. Virtual social networks are usually web-based services, including online services, platforms, or sites where people opine, show interests, and share them. The purpose of the study was to examine security and privacy in social networks. The method was descriptive-analytical using library resources. The studies showed that a social network is a social structure with social actors (e.g., individuals or organizations), dual relationships, and other social interactions between the actors. Concerns over privacy in social media are a subset of information privacy that involves the right to privacy in storage, resuscitation, third-party disclosure, and display of information about the Internet. Security and privacy issues on social networks result from a lot of information these sites process every day. Attributes inviting users to participate in messages, invitations, photos, open platform applications, and other applications usually provide access to others' privacy information.