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Universities have raised concern about the increasing use of social networks by their students, because they spend more and more time on them, than on their own college. The purpose of this paper is to present the results of the analysis done on the increased use of social networks, and specifically in relation to the experience with security and privacy. This allows us to determine the level of extreme dependence on its use. To do this research, we have designed a series of surveys, which were used with students of two Ecuadorian universities. The data were tabulated and statistically calculated, allowing us to identify which the main uses in social networks are, and gives some recommendations within the scope of these results, providing guidance for the use of these services in a more efficient and safe way.
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Espinoza-Mina, M.A., Suárez-Riofrío, P.L. (2016). Study of Use, Privacy and Dependence on Social Networks by Students in the Ecuadorian Universities. In: Valencia-García, R., Lagos-Ortiz, K., Alcaraz-Mármol, G., del Cioppo, J., Vera-Lucio, N. (eds) Technologies and Innovation. CITI 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 658. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48024-4_10
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