*Summary of additional findings:* The Webroot survey uncovered that a significant number of people have fallen prey to criminals who target social network users for attack:
- Nearly a quarter of respondents (22.4 percent) were victims of a phishing attempt to steal their social network password. - About one in six (16 percent) reported a malware infection in the past year that originated from a social networking site. - One in nine reported at least one of their social network accounts had been compromised or hijacked. On 16 July 2010 19:50, Melvin Carvalho <[email protected]> wrote: > *Two separate studies were conducted this week that suggest that social > network and geolocation users are torn right down the middle when it comes > to issues of privacy. Both studies showed that for about half of the > respondents, privacy is their number one concern. > * > > http://www.socialtimes.com/2010/07/study-half-of-us-care-about-social-network-and-geolocation-privacy-but-what-are-we-doing-about-it/ >
