Internet security
September 17th 2010 22:05
As in so many other areas of life, people under 25 are the ones least concerned about comprised sites, according to some research done by the online security company, AVG. Just as they don't take things seriously enough in life generally, under 25s don't tend to give much credence to internet security. Only around 15% of them are concerned about internet security, which is a fairly minimal number.
However, that figure has to be set against the number of people in the internet world in general who are concerned about security. What would you think it was - 75%, over 50%, 23%? Only 23%. Which brings the under 25s into perspective.
If only 23% of general internet users are concerned, can we be surprised at the small number of under-25s who are? I doubt it.
This gives us a whopping 77% of people who are fairly casual about internet security. And, to a degree, I'm probably amongst them, though perhaps a little more cautious than some.
It's like any other sphere of life; we don't think it'll happen to us. And it often doesn't. But life isn't quite as safe as we think, and there are plenty of iffy people out there, some just annoying, some malicious and some plain dangerous. Of course, we can't live as though life is going to give us a hiding every time we get out of bed, and in general it doesn't. But a modicum of caution never went amiss.
However, that figure has to be set against the number of people in the internet world in general who are concerned about security. What would you think it was - 75%, over 50%, 23%? Only 23%. Which brings the under 25s into perspective.
If only 23% of general internet users are concerned, can we be surprised at the small number of under-25s who are? I doubt it.
This gives us a whopping 77% of people who are fairly casual about internet security. And, to a degree, I'm probably amongst them, though perhaps a little more cautious than some.
It's like any other sphere of life; we don't think it'll happen to us. And it often doesn't. But life isn't quite as safe as we think, and there are plenty of iffy people out there, some just annoying, some malicious and some plain dangerous. Of course, we can't live as though life is going to give us a hiding every time we get out of bed, and in general it doesn't. But a modicum of caution never went amiss.
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Comment by Margaret B
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