consumers don't know much about cybersecurity

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Less than half of consumers know Wi-Fi is not encrypted by default. Just 13% know that using a VPN minimizes risks from insecure Wi-Fi networks. Only a third know that https:// URLs are encrypted, while 54% were unsure. THINGS GUESTS DON’T KNOW ABOUT SECURITY Slightly less than that know that public networks are unsafe for some “sensitive activities.” THINGS GUESTS DO KNOW ABOUT SECURITY 45% 33% 13% 73% Three-quarters can pick out the most secure password from a lineup. 75% A slight majority know that not all location tracking stops when a smartphone’s GPS is shut off. 52% At a time when hotels need to take every precaution to avoid falling victim to a data breach and being branded as insecure, consumers don’t seem to know much about the security issues that worry them. CYBERSECURITY CONSUMERS DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT © 2017 STR, Inc. All Rights Reserved. illustrations: annamarie hudson Source: Pew Research Center

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Page 1: Consumers Don't Know Much About Cybersecurity

Less than half of consumers

know Wi-Fi is not encrypted

by default.

Just 13% know that using a VPN minimizes risks

from insecure Wi-Fi networks.

Only a third know that https:// URLs

are encrypted, while 54% were unsure.

THINGS GUESTSDON’T KNOW

ABOUT SECURITY

Slightly less than that know that public networks are unsafe for some “sensitive activities.”

THINGS GUESTS DO KNOW ABOUT SECURITY

45%

33%

13%

73%

Three-quarters can pick out themost secure password from a lineup.

75%

A slight majorityknow that not all location trackingstops when a smartphone’s GPS is shut off.

52%

At a time when hotels need to take every precaution to avoid falling victim to a data breach and being branded as insecure, consumers don’t seem to know much about the security issues that worry them.

CYBERSECURITY CONSUMERSDON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT

© 2017 STR, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

illustrations: annamarie hudsonSource: Pew Research Center