Analysis of Privacy Awareness among Social Media Users In Malaysia

Abstract

Social media has slowly taken over our privacy to exchange the accessibility of platforms. This study is to raise awareness to the public about the importance of privacy invasion and alert them to take action on it. It concludes users’ privacy awareness level as high, but they are not cautious enough which leads to unsharp opinion and they do not have any idea of protecting their privacy. The results show the majority willing to disclose family and financial information as they think that social media is safe if respondents only allow friends they know to view on their social media.