Girls adopt smartphone activities faster than boys, says McAfee
What you read is true! Based on McAfee’s latest research data among Indian teens and parents, it is said that girls adopted social media and other related smartphone activities faster than boys. Moreover, the McAfee 2022 Consumer Mindset Survey: Mobile Report proves that as mobile devices replace PCs/laptops as the primary device, a high level of trust in smartphone security exists among children and teens. However, that is coupled with a low level of protection, despite an all-time high.
Below are some interesting insights that this McAfee research brings to the table.
McAfee says that while consumers understand their desktops and laptops need protection, awareness of the need for protection of mobile devices has not kept pace. On a global scale, children and teens have higher trust in mobile devices. Most children (59 percent) assume a new phone is more secure than a new computer, whereas their parents are equally split (49 percent).
In India, most children (75 percent) think a new phone is more secure than a new computer, whereas only 71 percent of parents agree.
While the majority of parents (56 percent) use passwords to protect mobile devices, only 41 percent of children and teens do, creating safety risks. In India, 57% of parents use passwords to protect mobile devices, while only 43 percent of children and teens do, creating safety risks.
Children are experiencing adult risks. One in 10 parents have reported that children had experienced a financial information leak, and 15 percent of children report that an attempt had been made to steal their online account.
In India, 39 percent of parents of boys aged between 10-14 put mobile parental controls software on their children’s devices compared to 33 percent for girls of
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