Web Threats Keep Users Away: U.S. Internet users are cutting back time online
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10-27-2005, 08:09 AM,
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Web Threats Keep Users Away: U.S. Internet users are cutting back time online
Quote:New research released by Consumer Reports WebWatch finds that U.S. Internet users are cutting back on the hours they spend online, shunning e-commerce and refusing to give out personal information as a result of the rising tide of Web-based crimes related to identity theft. full article: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1877846,00.asp Survery results show 30% have reduced time online. 53% no longer give out personal info to web sites and online marketers. 25% no longer purchase from ecommerce sites. 29% of current web shoppers now spend less as a result of security fears. 54% now read privacy policies. Unrelated to security: 27% of respondents have visited a blog in the past few months. |
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