Personal privacy is often sacrificed when using smart phone mobile applications such as on an iphone. The article, "Parting With Privacy With a Quick Click for Adolescents" discuses an age which is not protected by the federal government and yet not quite aware of the risks of sharing their privacy through a mobile application, and yet are a booming demographic of social media.
Not only are smart phone applications a risk to this age group of tweens and young teens, but social media in general. At this age, many middle school and early high school attendees do not think twice to post personal information to Facebook or other social media sites since many of them edit their privacy settings. However, just because a privacy setting may not be as exposed as usual does not cover their safety in its entirety. The article discuses how many adolescents are so quick to click "allow" when a mobile phone application asks for their location, and yet do not wonder or question why that information is needed.
Although the federal government protects young children, they do not regulate the safety of teens via social media because they are supposed to know better. However, when discussing an age of 12-14 year-olds, they are still naive enough to not know better yet expected to do so. In addition, although the government does take some action for the safety of children, there is just so much they can actually do. The laws typically address what is made available to children and what warnings need to accompany certain applications, however, the conduct of children through social media and mobile applications is up to their parents as well as their own personal responsibility.
