Men are more at risk than Women on Facebook

Men are more likely than women to be deceived and fell into schemes of data theft when using social networks like Facebook and Twitter, concludes a study on online safety carried out by BitDefender.
The reason is related to greater willingness on the part of males to take risks during the use of such platforms, explains the solution provider against computer threats.
"Men are more likely than women to accept friend requests from strangers, sharing your location, ignoring privacy settings, leave your accounts for all to see and avoid reading the privacy policies on social networks," revealed the analysis based on surveys of more than 1,500 people.
According to the study, while 64.2% of women always reject friend requests from strangers, only 55.4% of men do. About 24.5% of men allow their profiles on social networks to be accessed by anyone, when the same thing only was the rule among 16% of respondents were female.
Regarding the sharing of data on the geographical location of users, gender differences are less marked, with 25.6% of men admit to sharing this information and 21.8% of women do the same.
According to experts, the greatest lack of care recorded among men may increase the risk of users becoming victims of attacks from spammers, data theft and other fraud. It also grows the likelihood of being sent to sites infected with malicious software, they add. Still, all said they had an antivirus installed on your computer, notes the company.
The 1649 surveys conducted in the United States of America and the UK, also revealed that American men are more at risk than the English and that the general tendency is to become more cautious with age.