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JAKARTA – Cybersecurity company Kaspersky released a report entitled “Making Sense of Our Place in the Digital Reputation Economy.” The report discloses several types of personal information that are considered critical to social media users in Southeast Asia that they do not wish to share or store online.
Financial information, such as credit or debit card details, tops the list with the majority (76%) of the 861 respondents in the region expressing that they want to properly safeguard financial data from the internet. This viewpoint is highest among Baby Boomers (85%), followed by Gen X (81%), and Millennials (75%). Gen Z, the youngest generation, recorded the lowest percentage with only 68% choosing not to save their financial credentials online.
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On social networking platforms, Southeast Asian people also choose not to share their personal identification information on social media (69%), information about close family (64%), their whereabouts (geotagged) (54%), and work (47%).
In addition, respondents from Southeast Asia almost unanimously expressed concern that this valuable data would be seen or stolen by cybercriminals (73%) and online unknowns (61%).
“Most people now also realize that cybercriminals and foreigners should never get this important information. However, online awareness must also be proven by action,” said Chris Connell, Managing Director for Asia Pacific Kaspersky in a written statement. , Tuesday (4/5/2021).
While the majority (71%) of respondents in Southeast Asia use a password to protect their laptop or cellphone, only 5 in 10 (54%) check and change the privacy settings of the device, application or service used and only 4 in 10 (47 %) avoid the use of illegal or pirated software and applications.
The same survey, which was conducted in November 2020, also revealed that only half (53%) of respondents from the region have installed internet security software on their devices.
As the fastest growing region in Asia Pacific in terms of internet adoption, Kaspersky sees this to be the beginning of a Southeast Asia digital journey.
“It is understandable that some people may still feel afraid and unsure when they use services such as digital payments because they are relatively new, and yes, of course all kinds of changes have risks. This is why it is so important to manifest awareness in the form of action,” he concluded.
(wsb)
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