Typical Users Know Less About Mobile Privacy Than They Think

  • 25 March 2015
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By: Ericka Chickowski
 
New Mobile Privacy IQ survey shows a disconnect between perception and practice.
 While many mobile users today believe themselves to privacy savvy, the reality is that the typical device owner today still engages in some pretty risky behavior. So says the Mobile Privacy IQ study released by Lookout today, which examined perceptions and practices of over 1,000 smartphone users.
According to the survey, 41 percent of smartphone users consider themselves to have an above-average knowledge of mobile privacy matters. But amongst that group, a considerable number of them don't keep their side of the mobile screen clean. For example, amongst these self-professed experts, 35 percent say they connect to open public wi-fi networks, 34 percent don't set a pin or passcode on their phone, and 35 percent download mobile apps from unofficial marketplaces. Amongst those with the disconnect, Millennials are the worst.
"Study findings reveal that the self-proclaimed privacy gurus are the ones most likely to partake in behaviors that put their privacy at risk," the study reported. "Millennials partake in risky mobile behavior the most often, yet are first in line to claim the rights to being privacy experts."
 
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