BROOMFIELD, CO. – May 25, 2016
A new study reveals that while 95 percent of baby boomers and 85 percent of millennials in the U.S. are concerned with their personal online security, baby boomers are taking more steps to secure their mobile devices. Commissioned by Webroot, the market leader in next-generation endpoint security and cloud-based collective threat intelligence, the research indicates baby boomers are taking more preventive actions to secure their data when on the go, while millennials are less diligent.
http://www.webroot.com/us/en/company/press-room/releases/millennial-travelers-more-vulnerable-to-cybersecurity-attacks-than-boomers
Edit: I seem to have ommited the last word "Survey" from the subject title. Apologies, could it be added by someone, please, as it won't allow me to do that now.
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Interesting article, Dermot...thanks for posting.
In can well understand this as in my view the baby boomer generation grew up with the development of IT, and went through what I call the 'raw' period where things were tentative in relation to what was basic technology so one needed to be more involved and savvy. The millennial travellers have inherited what is largely an established vista and take that for granted...there is in their view little need to get 'down & dirty' with the technology...butnthen again back in the day the base technology was more accessible.
The analogy is that older people will generally have more knowledge about the general running of cars becuase they needed to and cars where easier to understand, etc...now days with all the electronics they baffle people so many just switch of and just use what is a more complicated 'product' without in the main thinking aboutnthe basics.
Just my thoughts...of course. ;)
Baldrick
EDIT: tried to add 'Survey' to the title for you as requested but it appears that there is no more space available in the title field...:@
In can well understand this as in my view the baby boomer generation grew up with the development of IT, and went through what I call the 'raw' period where things were tentative in relation to what was basic technology so one needed to be more involved and savvy. The millennial travellers have inherited what is largely an established vista and take that for granted...there is in their view little need to get 'down & dirty' with the technology...butnthen again back in the day the base technology was more accessible.
The analogy is that older people will generally have more knowledge about the general running of cars becuase they needed to and cars where easier to understand, etc...now days with all the electronics they baffle people so many just switch of and just use what is a more complicated 'product' without in the main thinking aboutnthe basics.
Just my thoughts...of course. ;)
Baldrick
EDIT: tried to add 'Survey' to the title for you as requested but it appears that there is no more space available in the title field...:@
? Yes, I agree with what you said, and your analogy also...'back in the day' people used to able to service their own vehicles (spark plugs, change filters etc) and learned more if they wanted to, whereas now it seems you can't do much to a vehicle without having access to some sort of fancy device. They've made it that way, and we know why.
It would appear to be more difficult to interest 'Millenials' than older users in the necessities of computer security, as they have a more relaxed attitude about it all (usually), since they've always seen it as an established fact, and not something to be too cautious about.
And thanks very much for trying to fix the title. I hadn't thought about the length factor. :D
It would appear to be more difficult to interest 'Millenials' than older users in the necessities of computer security, as they have a more relaxed attitude about it all (usually), since they've always seen it as an established fact, and not something to be too cautious about.
And thanks very much for trying to fix the title. I hadn't thought about the length factor. :D
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