The document discusses the disadvantages of social media and cyber security issues. It analyzes several popular social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and TikTok, highlighting issues like privacy concerns, addiction, spam, and limited features. It also examines disadvantages of hacking, such as privacy violations and system attacks. Computer viruses are discussed as malicious programs that can disrupt normal operations, and common viruses are listed. The document aims to provide an overview of potential downsides of social media and threats to cyber security.
5. Social Media
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Social Media is a form of electronic
communication (Such as website for social
networking and microblogging) through
which users create online communicates to
share information, ideas personal message
and other content (Such as videos).
6. Types of Social
Media
Social
Networking(Facebook,Linkdin,Google)
Microblogging (Twitter,Tumbler)
Photosharing
(Instagram,Snapchat,Pinterest)
Video Sharing (Youtube,Facebook Live,
Vimeoa)
7. Disadvantages of Social
Media
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Health
Hacking
Security issue
Frauds and scams
Causes Distraction
Reduce family closeness
Lacks Emotional Connection
Damage personal relation and decrease productivity
Decrease Face to Face communication skills
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Facebook Disadvantages
● Addiction
● Privacy(Facebook have not proper secure or mostly people are
not use the option and feature of privacy)
● Facebook often bring bad effect on students results.
10. WhatsApp Disadvantages
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● You can chat to friends that only have smartphones supporting this application.
● There is the risk, your Spouse / Girlfriend / Boyfriend may see your messages.
● You must have access to internet to send and receive message.
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● Instagram take a huge amount of cache
memory.
● Images can’t be zoomed or saved.
● Instagram has limited features.
Instagram
Disadvantag
es
12. Twitter Disadvantages
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● Spamming is one of the disadvantages of Twitter. Scammers create Twitter
accounts to perform a variety of tasks.
● Twitter does not limit the number of followers that can follow you; however,
accounts that have more than 2,000 followers are usually monitored for unlawful
behavior.
● Twitter limits each tweet to 140 characters.
13. SnapChat Disadvantages
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● Snapchat cannot let you comment or like photos or videos unlike other social
media like Facebook and Instagram.
● Snapchat is only an iPhone and Android app. If you have Windows mobile,
Blackberry, or Linux it won’t work.
● Snapchat can be very addictive to young and even to the old peoples.
14. TikTok Disadvantages
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● Tik Tok is rated 12+ on the Apple app store and “teen maturity” on Google Play.
However, there is no system in place to verify a user’s age.
● Access to the inappropriate content.
● Concerned parents can use the parental control settings on their children’s
devices to prevent them from downloading the app.
15. Cyber Security
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Firewalls can be difficult to configure correctly.
Makes the system slower than before.
Could be costly for average user.
Need to keep updating the new software in order to
keep security up to date.
16. Disadvantages of
Hacking
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Hacking is quite dangerous if it is done with harmful
internet.
Unauthorized system access on private information.
Privacy violation
Hampering system operation.
Denial of service attacks.
Malicious attack on the system.