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HX Spotlight: Despite Prevalence of Online Threats, Users Aren’t Changing Behavior

By Editorial October 9, 2024 #behavior, #cyber threats, #cybersecurity, #privacy, #protection, #security, #security measures, #tips, #trust, #user information

Our latest spotlight is a report out of DARKREADING that finds how users are intransigent when it comes to their data online. Is it about privacy?

Perhaps it’s privacy that users are not too concerned about. The question posed in the finding is “When it comes to privacy protection tools installed on your device, do you …”

Maybe there’s some truth in the myth about how Americans are not as concerned about their privacy as much as Europeans do. Maybe we figured since there are more than 300 million of us and billions and billions of records and data have been breached, what else can we do?

Freeze your credits
Set alerts – everywhere
Turn on multi-factor authentication
Use discretion when online
Establish Personal Identifier
Ask Hexagon Center what else you can do at ask@hexagoncenter.org

Here’s the report from DARKREADING:

Despite Prevalence of Online Threats, Users Aren’t Changing Behavior

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