Personal Information Privacy Settings of Online Social Networks and Their Suitability for Mobile Internet Devices

Aldhafferi, Nahier; Watson, Charles; Sajeev, A. S. M.

doi:10.5121/ijsptm.2013.2201

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“…Privacy concerns are also associated with less friending-a network-expanding behavior that has been considered a privacy risk-taking behavior. 10 While previous studies have produced inconsistent findings in the relationship between self-efficacy in privacy management and privacy-protecting behaviors, 34,35 this study finds that self-efficacy in privacy management can work as either CHEN AND CHEN a cost or benefit depending on the privacy-protecting strategies users choose to adopt. Self-efficacy in privacy management is positively associated with limiting profile visibility.…”

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“…In addition, they can restrict access to shared information such as wall posts, status updates, tagging, photos, and videos to a select number of friends. 34 SNS users can also reduce the personal information they disclose as a strategy to control their information. Thus, those who have high privacy concerns should tend to limit their profile visibility and reduce their self-disclosure.…”

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Couldn't or Wouldn't? The Influence of Privacy Concerns and Self-Efficacy in Privacy Management on Privacy Protection

Chen

2015

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

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Sampling 515 college students, this study investigates how privacy protection, including profile visibility, selfdisclosure, and friending, are influenced by privacy concerns and efficacy regarding one's own ability to manage privacy settings, a factor that researchers have yet to give a great deal of attention to in the context of social networking sites (SNSs). The results of this study indicate an inconsistency in adopting strategies to protect privacy, a disconnect from limiting profile visibility and friending to self-disclosure. More specifically, privacy concerns lead SNS users to limit their profile visibility and discourage them from expanding their network. However, they do not constrain self-disclosure. Similarly, while self-efficacy in privacy management encourages SNS users to limit their profile visibility, it facilitates self-disclosure. This suggests that if users are limiting their profile visibility and constraining their friending behaviors, it does not necessarily mean they will reduce self-disclosure on SNSs because these behaviors are predicted by different factors. In addition, the study finds an interaction effect between privacy concerns and self-efficacy in privacy management on friending. It points to the potential problem of increased risk-taking behaviors resulting from high self-efficacy in privacy management and low privacy concerns.

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Couldn't or Wouldn't? The Influence of Privacy Concerns and Self-Efficacy in Privacy Management on Privacy Protection

Chen

2015

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

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“…Protecting the privacy of personal information is one of the biggest challenges facing website developers, especially social network providers. Several researchers have discussed the issue of privacy [8].…”

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Awareness and Privacy Perceptions among Social Media User towards Social Data Analytics

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Ahmad²,

Amran³

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“…Three questions relating to privacy concerns and behavior described by [27] were selected for this study according to a high factor loading. Other questions were derived from a study conducted by [28]. Some of the questions about Snapchat were taken from [25], while others were based on Snapchats privacy issues.…”

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Privacy awareness of online social networking in Saudi Arabia

AlSagri

Alaboodi

2015

2015 International Conference on Cyber Situational Awareness, Data Analytics and Assessment (CyberSA)

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Online social networks are becoming increasingly popular in Saudi society, with their usage rising rapidly and with sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn in particular experiencing a dramatic uptake in new users over the last year. Indeed, Snapchat has indicated that Saudi Arabia is one of its ten strongest markets globally. In this study, we identify and measure various awareness aspects of privacy for online social networks in Saudi Arabia and contrast them with individuals protective actions. The results in this paper are based on a statistical analysis of a survey questionnaire. A reliability test was conducted to assure the internal consistency and the reliability of the measures used in the study. Analysis of the study showed high levels of privacy concerns among Saudi society. A correlation analysis was conducted and showed that although individuals seem to be concerned about privacy and the protection of their personal information, their behavior was not proportionate with their privacy concerns.This observation was further verified among the different genders and age groups with respect to their claimed privacy concerns, where the results revealed no significant difference between the different groups. A closer investigation of the awareness of privacy issues in Snapchat -the social platform chosen as the research subject for this study -revealed that users are highly aware of its privacy issues. The results of this study can be useful to assist developing new privacy techniques, whether technological or awareness-based, that can facilitate the safe use of social networks, with increased privacy protection capabilities.

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Personal Information Privacy Settings of Online Social Networks and Their Suitability for Mobile Internet Devices

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Cited by 33 publications

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Couldn't or Wouldn't? The Influence of Privacy Concerns and Self-Efficacy in Privacy Management on Privacy Protection

Couldn't or Wouldn't? The Influence of Privacy Concerns and Self-Efficacy in Privacy Management on Privacy Protection

Awareness and Privacy Perceptions among Social Media User towards Social Data Analytics

Privacy awareness of online social networking in Saudi Arabia

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