More and more, people are connected and subscribed to new media. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Netflix and the list goes on, has billions of users signed up. All these sites require some personal information, and paid subscriptions are sensitive to having ones financial information exposed. The issues of privacy and confidentiality have been brought to the forefront with reports of hacking, issues of personal information and photos being potentially used against users, identity theft, and corporations who have had customers financial information unsecured and potentially exposed to hackers.
Most of the new media discussed today are accessed through portable devices such as phones and tablets. Because people have such easy access to post updates on their lives, some might give away too much information that can be used against them. Heavy users of such platforms like Facebook or snap-chat may be more susceptible to have issues of privacy, for example public figures. For instance there have been news reports in the past to homes being burglarized of celebrities because they would let their large audience of followers know they were out the country. It doesn't only happen to celebrities, but everyday people. While social networking sites have tried offer options of privacy to its users, it continues to be a problem.
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