The usage of Social Network Sites has increased rapidly in recent years. The area of Social Networking currently has many security issues. Since the success of a Social Network Site depends on the number of users it attracts, there is pressure on providers of Social Network sites to design systems that encourage behaviour which increases both the number of users and their connections. However, like any fast-growing technology, security has not been a high priority in the development of Social Network Sites. As a result, along with the benefits of Social Network Sites, significant security risks have resulted. Providing Social Network Site users with tools which will help protect them is ideal. Making tools available to users which can provide the ability to retrieve other online user information via chat, website, along other tools which can be installed on the user's computer will be ideal in helping to tackle such issues. These will be the tools addressed in the paper.
Social network services, Perceived privacy, Perceived security, Trust, Social networking
