Why Is Privacy So Important?

Privacy has always been something that most people take for granted especially the younger generations who think they are invincible just because they are young. But that is absolutely not the case in fact, teenagers and younger people are more susceptible to hackers, viruses, etc because they share more in depth views into their lives compared to older generations and adults. Older generations are usually much more cautious and aware of privacy and how to avoid anything ever happening to their accounts or any personal accounts/information online. 

The privacy issues that were talked about in the videos were definitely very concerning to me because hackers and people who steal people's personal information have always been scary to me so I have tried to keep my privacy online at an all time high by having my account on private, having a password that is not easy to hack into, as well as making sure that I get rid of random people that I do not know or anyone that I follow knows. 

Once hackers have gotten into your account on social media, they can then start the effect of finding out all of your personal information like your phone number, address, how old you are, and it could even go into stealing bank information depending on the person. 

Privacy is such an important thing to start learning about from a young age because if it is instilled into a young impressionable mind that it is not good to share too much online and to keep privacy up, then chances are they will continue those practices and even pass them down to people because that is how they grew up and is their way of thinking now. Which is why I recommend that for anyone who owns a social media account, should take the steps to ensure that their profiles are completely secured and private from any strangers that are lurking on the internet.