Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Kaspersky August 2017 research: Dangerous Liaisons: is everyone doing it online?









https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/online-dating-report/

Main Findings

  •     As many as one-in-three people are dating online.
  •     People turn to online dating for a variety of reasons – 48% do it for fun, while some look for more meaningful relationships.
  •     People share information with others too easily when they are dating online, with a quarter (25%) admitting they share their full name publicly on their dating profile. 
  •     Even though lying is one of the most hated aspects of online dating, 57% of online daters lie to each other, faking a range of attributes such as their names, marital status, location and appearance.
  •     People are concerned for their safety when they date online, with some of the main concerns involving worries about IT security – for example, 63% are concerned about the device they use for online dating becoming infected and 61% are concerned about their data being stolen or leaked from the dating app or service itself.
  •     These concerns are well-founded – 55% have experienced some form of threat or problem while dating online. And, people that use online dating are twice as likely to experience an IT security incident than people that don’t (41% vs 20%), primarily due to their increased level of online activity in general.
  •     Protection is also an issue for people that indulge in online dating. Just 27% of online daters use a security solution to protect their device and 16% do nothing at all to protect themselves as they see no risk.

Please see also:
Anatomy of Online Dating Scams - How Not to Become a Victim of Cyber-romance
https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/threats/anatomy-of-online-dating-scams-how-not-to-become-a-victim-of-cyber-romance

Number of Crimes Related to Online Dating Rises Almost Fivefold in UK
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/10/number-of-crimes-related-to-online.html

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