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  2. Privacy concerns with Facebook - Wikipedia

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    The number one reason for users to quit Facebook was privacy concerns (48%), being followed by a general dissatisfaction with Facebook (14%), negative aspects regarding Facebook friends (13%), and the feeling of getting addicted to Facebook (6%). Facebook quitters were found to be more concerned about privacy, more addicted to the Internet, and ...

  3. Expectation of privacy (United States) - Wikipedia

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    e. In United States constitutional law, expectation of privacy is a legal test which is crucial in defining the scope of the applicability of the privacy protections of the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It is related to, but is not the same as, a right to privacy, a much broader concept which is found in many legal systems (see ...

  4. Public-key cryptography - Wikipedia

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    Public-key cryptography, or asymmetric cryptography, is the field of cryptographic systems that use pairs of related keys. Each key pair consists of a public key and a corresponding private key. [1] [2] Key pairs are generated with cryptographic algorithms based on mathematical problems termed one-way functions.

  5. Public vs. Private Companies: What Investors Need to Know - AOL

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    A public vs. a private company is defined by who can invest and the rules that apply to each. If the general public can buy shares of stock, it’s a public company. Otherwise, it’s a private ...

  6. Public and private bills - Wikipedia

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    Public and private bills. Proposed bills are often categorized into public bills and private bills. A public bill is a proposed law which would apply to everyone within its jurisdiction. A private bill is a proposal for a law affecting only a single person, group, or area, such as a bill granting a named person citizenship or, previously ...

  7. Private message - Wikipedia

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    Private message. In computing, a private message, personal message, or direct message (abbreviated as PM or DM) refers to a private communication sent or received by a user of a private communication channel on any given platform. Unlike public posts, PMs are only viewable by the participants. Though long a function present on IRCs and Internet ...

  8. Facebook - Wikipedia

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    Facebook enables users to control access to individual posts and their profile [320] through privacy settings. [321] The user's name and profile picture (if applicable) are public. Facebook's revenue depends on targeted advertising, which involves analyzing user data to decide which ads to show each user.

  9. Privacy settings - Wikipedia

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    Facebook users that know privacy settings exist are more likely to change them compared to users who do not know privacy settings exist. Furthermore, with Facebook, users explain their lack of privacy setting alteration because the choice to choose who is a Facebook friend is already a form of privacy.