Privacy with Social Networks

Recently, more and more people want to make sure that the information or images they share online are seen by select people. For instance, when someone sends a text message or any kind of message to a particular person, they want to make sure that they are the only ones that are going to be able to read it. However, most servers now track the information sent as well as the sender's name and the receiver's name. Microsoft is now working on a to send this information as encrypted data that can only be seen by the sender and receiver. It allows for a more secure social network but can also cause some harm. One thing to think about is people abusing this and doing someone that may be illegal, and keeping the police from accessing important information.

The article can be found below:

http://www.technologyreview.com/web/25640/page1/