According to the Norton Cyber Security Insights Report 2016, around half of victims of cyber crime still, don’t want to change their old habits. Even after increasing rates of cybercrime, Indian consumers want to remain complacent about cyber security and Protecting their personal data online. This survey is done with around 1000 Indian internet users who 18 or 18+.
79 percent of the respondents said they know that the importance of protecting their information online, yet 1 in 5 of them had one or more unprotected device. Regarding the reasons for being lax about cyber-security, 29 percent said they can deal with issues as they arise, while 36 percent felt they did not do anything “risky” on the internet. 23 percent of those surveyed felt that cyber-security measures slowed them down, and a similar number (24 percent) didn’t see the need to protect their gadgets.
Interestingly, 64 percent of the respondents from India said they use secure passwords on every account, but a quarter of them readily admit that they can share it with others as well. Indian consumers share passwords for their laptops (64 percent), smartphones (63 percent), email accounts (49 percent), social media accounts (42 percent), banking accounts (30 percent), and connected home devices (27 percent).
27% of those surveyed admitted to sharing their passwords, with millennials (34 percent) leading the way, while Gen X (23 percent) and people aged 55+ (17 percent) a distant second and third, respectively. It comes as no surprise that 55 percent of the millennials who shared their passwords with others experienced cybercrime in the last year.
All this data shows still we need to literate ourself and family and friends to avoid facing cyber crime.
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