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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