Men think that they know more about online security than women
Posted January 31st, 2008 by Alex Ion
photo by Micke-fi
The concerns of online security are not as big as they should, mainly because everyone thinks their passwords are good enough, they have an anti-virus and that’s it. However the fun thing about that is that in a recent report by security soft maker AVG, men consider themselves much better than women when it comes to online security.
AVG global security strategist Larry Bridwell said that “My gut feeling, because I’m a man, is that it is one of those societal gender things”. It looks like confidence doesn’t translate into safety but hey, this could be another man thing, because security threats are gender-equal.
“Men were exceptionally confident in their own security prowess, and only 4 percent of them said they didn’t know what kind on online protection they had in place. “
The results are from a study that included 1,400 adults in the UK. How do you feel about that? Do you think (you men) are better than women at online security?
via ArsTechnica
February 1st, 2008 at 6:11 am
I believe so. I know what I am doing when it comes to online security. I keep my families computers up to date. My mother on the other hand, couldn’t install an anti-virus software program if her life depended on it. She doesn’t even know what a firewall is. Most of the girls I know can’t even keep their computers from crashing. The guys I know manage to watch tons of porn on their computers and still not have one virus. I doubt it is coincidence.