Teenagers are tired of sharing every detail of their lives online and are taking increasing steps to safeguard their privacy on social media , a report has revealed . Young people are un-tagging pictures , writing false posts and even adopting parallel identities in a bid to keep their personal information safe , according to the Market Research Society . They have even resorted to posting deliberately vague statements on their accounts - known as 'vague-booking ' - to prompt real friends to respond privately for further details . Scroll down for video . Vague-booking : Young people are deliberately posting vague statements and false information in a bid to keep their personal data private , research has found . The findings contradict Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg 's claims in 2010 that the age of privacy is over - and no longer a 'social norm ' . The report , by Colin Strong of the MRS Delphi Society , says the rise of apps like Snapchat - which erases pictures after a short amount of time - show teenagers are increasingly concerned about what strangers see . His report says : 'There is an almost universally held view that teenagers simply don ’ t care enough about online privacy . ' At face value , this appears to be true , as many young people flood public social media accounts like Twitter and Instagram with endless streams of selfies and personal information . Mr Strong cites the example of Paris Brown , who was forced to resign from her position as the country 's first youth police crime commissioner in 2013 after a series of ill-advised tweets she had posted years before emerged . Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg claimed people had become more comfortable with sharing private information online . Jane Frost , chief executive of the MRS , told The Sunday Times that she estimates a third of Twitter users have a private account , only shared with close friends , as well as a public persona . She had many used several fake identities for things like video gaming , while closely guarding accounts made using their real names . Ms Frost said the findings will pose problems for businesses , who will not be to take consumers for granted . Mr Strong adds that just because young people post things in public forums , it does not mean have no desire for privacy . 'Just because it 's in a public space does n't mean they want publicity , ' he said . His views are in stark contrast to those of Mr Zuckerberg , the chief executive of the world 's biggest social network . Speaking at the Crunchie Awards in 2010 , he claimed people had grown more comfortable sharing their private information online . He said : 'People have really gotten comfortable not only sharing more information and different kinds , but more openly and with more people . 'That social norm is just something that has evolved over time . ' He explained the rise of social media reflected the changing attitudes of people . 'When I got started in my dorm room at Harvard , the question a lot of people asked was , 'why would I want to put any information on the internet at all ? Why would I want to have a website ? ' 'Then in the last 5 or 6 years , blogging has taken off in a huge way , and just all these different services that have people sharing all this information . '
Young people are un-tagging pictures , writing false posts to ensure privacy . Comment: Some youngsters are adopting parallel identities for things like gaming . Report says teenagers are increasingly concerned with what strangers see . Contradicts Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg 's claim in 2010 that people have become more comfortable with posting private information online .