A Trade with Social Media
Use your privacy to exchange infinite convenience and fun, is that fair enough?
GAINESVILLE, January 25, 2019 (MediaPost.com, “Media Insider”) – Social media is invading people’s daily life. It is not a news nowadays. But it’s never late to think about the factors and consequences of its “accomplishment”. This week, at least three journals posted on Media Insider are about social media, one of the best friends of human beings in this century. In “Dear Facebook: It's Not Me, It's You”, the author asserts that he feels in an abusive relationship while using Facebook because this application is not treating users’ personal information properly. People maintain relations with others by only a mobile phone; Meanwhile, the phone is recording their privacy and making income. This new business opportunity has been popular since 2018. Technology companies develops free app willingly that brings ordinary people huge convenience and happiness. The cost customers need to pay back is their own data. Such “commercial activity” is really usual at present, but still no one knows where the baseline should be.
The featured contributor of Media Insider Steven Rosenbaum expresses his anxiety about individual’s privacy on social media in the article “Digital Danger Ahead”. To show how media affects people’s decision, Steven gives several common examples: We have Uber and Lyft for a ride; We have Gmail to communicate with one another; We can use Facebook and Instagram to share everything we want. Even though people know that they are tracked by those apps, no one actually get rid of it. “We sign up for free services and give away our personal data because the apps make our life easier, more connected. And mostly, we don’t give it a second thought,” stated by Steven. This is a very interesting fact, is also the reality we are living in. In addition, ironically, he points out that this phenomenon is one of the few things consented by both Democrats and Republicans. But they still need to take a long time to work on this brand-new legislation under high-speed developing technology.
In fact, data is not the only price we must “purchase” to those apps. Referring to the instance given by Steven Rosenbaum, the health insurance rates might raise silently as one person is searching about illness online. Therefore, not only the media can earn money by selling users’ data, but the relevant companies are able to find revenue opportunities as well during the entire use process.
Now social media has completely penetrated into human being’s life. Before the new, accurate law system comes out, app users can hardly get a way to protect their information thoroughly. Firms can access potential customers’ information easily and catch every chance to obtain profit from them. Meanwhile, people no longer treat privacy as a precious thing that needs to be protected perfectly. Metcalfe’s law is mentioned in one of the journals. “If you’re the only person with one, it’s useless. If everyone has one, it’s invaluable.” In this era, personal data can be shared or abandoned, but social media can’t.
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