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» 20 May 2010

MySpace aims for the best security

With the intention of setting itself apart from the tainted image of its bigger rival in social networking service, MySpace made large adjustments on the privacy controls of their website.

Social networking services also fail in protecting users

The bigger social networking site, Facebook, encountered quite a lot of criticisms on their weak security years back from when it started operating. However, there had been an increase in the alarm over the protection that Facebook renders to its users during the past couple of weeks. This was due to the command made by several international privacy agencies that the company should strengthen its means of safeguarding the confidential data of the individuals.

Being in control may give exceptional benefits

The improved system of MySpace includes the less complicated method of manipulating the privacy settings of the account. Hence, the power to direct the security of confidential data will be in the hands of the users themselves.

There are different options that a user can select from when organizing the security of his or her profile data. The settings that may be picked by the users are the following: public, friends only, and public to anyone who is 18 and above.

As written by Michael Jones, the co-president of MySpace, in the latest blog post, they believe that it is necessary that they share their security preparations to their devoted users. They have come to this conclusion because of the issues that are being talked about by the media today regarding the interest for a stronger protection of the privacy of individuals.

Call for tougher security has been made

Just a week ago, Facebook received an open letter from the data protection agency European Union, which pertains to how intolerable the adjustments that they made in their security settings. The modification, which was done in December last year, allowed more information to become visible in the profile page of the user.

The personal data may be read by other individuals who are not included in the contacts of a Facebook user. The pieces of information included are the photo and the city where one is presently residing at. In addition, even the friend’s list and fan pages are present by default.

Even Ilse Aigner, the minister of consumer protection at Germany, wrote a similar open letter to the social networking site concerned. She was greatly alarmed by the alterations in the security settings of Facebook, which was approved in the month of March. Aigner believed that the privacy of users of this social networking service is in danger because their personal information will become available to the “pre-approved” third-party websites.

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