Wechat In The Use Of Privacy Information Leakage And Protection Research

According to the CNNIC report,until December 2016,the number of cyber citizen in China has reached 731 million and the Internet penetration rate has also reached to 53.2%.The development of the whole Internet industry in China is more valuable and normalized.As the using rate of laptop and desk computer is falling down,the use of mobile phones is steadily taking the place of other personal Internet devices.WeChat is getting our interpersonal communication profoundly changed,including life,work,and even the whole society.WeChat are leading a new social communication boom because of its diversified communication forms and the unique dissemination characteristics.And it has become the most commonly used mobile terminal APP.Wechat also provides users with a platform where they can express them free and present their privacies as fresh attractions by design or not.And while using WeChat,part of the functions can lead to privacy leakage inadvertently.By using documentary and logical analysis methods,from the perspective of WeChat users,based on the theory of Communication Privacy Management(CPM),this study focused on privacy leakage that happens while using Wechat.Through the analysis of several functions of Wechat,to research the reasons why happened the privacy leakage;enumeration few examples to analyze the user's personal privacy changes in the process;In the process of using wechat,the leakage of personal private information is mainly caused by the defects of management,technology,personal and environment,which lead to the lack of the user's consciousness of protecting personal information and the privacy leakage.In order to protect the user's personal privacy information,the government should establish a long-term supervision system,crack down on illegal information black market,urge the establishment of industry norms,and truly establish and protect the privacy right,make up the lack of morality,and establish social credit system to normalize the behavior of users.Personal should also strengthen the privacy concept,pay attention to the protection of personal privacy information,restraint the desire ofpeeping and watching others privacy,improve the user's moral awareness and establish the correct concept of privacy protection.