Social Media: Giving us communication,stealing our Data


Social Media is blessing us to communicate someone in other part of the world within a second.Social media creating thousands of Job sector,giving opportunity to show talents,creating businesses but nothing is 100% harmless.Social media has a dark side which we explored only a few.


Social media platforms collect a vast amount of data about their users. They do this through various means, including tracking your online activity, analyzing your likes and interests, and monitoring your interactions with other users.Everytime you search on google and enter into a website you leave footprint on the internet, some website use cookies to collect your data.




This data is then used to create detailed profiles of individuals, which can be sold to advertisers, political campaigns, and other third-party entities.


One of the primary ways social media steals data is through Data tracking . Social media platforms use tracking technologies, such as cookies and pixels, to monitor users' activity on their sites and other sites across the web. They track the pages you visit, the content you consume, and the ads you click on. They even track your physical location and work through your device's GPS.


Another way social media steals our data is through the information we willingly provide. When we sign up for social media accounts, we often give out personal information, such as our name, email address, and birthday. We also provide information about our interests, hobbies, and relationships. All of this information is collected by social media platforms and used to build a profile of who we are.


Social media platforms also collect data about our social connections. They monitor who we interact with, what we say to them, and how often we communicate. This data can be used to infer our social and professional networks, as well as our personal preferences and behaviors.


Overall, social media platforms have access to a vast amount of data about their users, which they can use to target us with personalized ads, manipulate our behavior, and influence our opinions.



 While there are steps we can take to protect our data, such as adjusting our privacy settings and using ad blockers and incognito mode.The reality is that social media platforms will always find new ways to collect our data.


Qtip: Try this website to see which websites are monitoring and using your data. Select those website and app will let you send them a message to stop doing it.after they stop monitoring your data and It'll show 0 there.then delete the website data you used.

Link: Privacy Analyzer


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