Men Victimized By Facebook Data Theft More Than Women
Women tend to be more cautious on Facebook than men, according to a Bitdefender survey that validates and quantifies patterns we've long observed on the social network -- and in real life.
Men fall victim to data theft more often than women do on Facebook.
Women tend to be more cautious on Facebook than men, according to a Bitdefender survey of 1,649 men and women in the U.K. and the U.S.
Men are more likely than women to:
- Accept friendship requests from strangers;
- Announce their location;
- Ignore privacy settings;
- Leave their account searchable to all, and
- Avoid reading privacy policies on social networks.
Bitdefender notes that everyone surveyed was aware of online security options, and yet the responses to the survey conducted this summer found:
- 64.2
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