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Social network users not taking security steps
- From: Brian Warkoczeski
- Date: Wed Aug 26 16:49:41 2009
Social network users not taking security steps
Aug 26, 2009
www.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Users of social networks are concerned about security
but few are taking the steps necessary to protect themselves against
online crime, according to a survey released on Wednesday.
Eighty-six percent of the 250 people polled by security software maker
AVG Technologies and the Chief Marketing Officers Council said they use
social networks at home or at work but less than one-third were taking
precautions.
Sixty-four percent said they change their passwords infrequently or
never, 57 percent said they adjust their privacy settings infrequently
or never and 90 percent said they do not report problems to their social
network administrator.
Twenty-one percent said they accept contact offerings from members they
do not recognize while more than half let acquaintances or roommates
access social networks on their machines.
For rest of the article, see:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090826/ts_alt_afp/usitprivacysecurityinternet_20090826171013
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