India, the Least Honest on the Web
By siliconindia   |   Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 21:44 IST   |    23 Comments
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This has resulted in huge loss to people in India, it is estimated that more than 29.9 million Indian people fell prey to cyber crimes in the past one year out of which 17 percent in India have fallen prey to cyber crimes via mobile phones, suffering $4 billion direct financial losses and an additional $3.6 billion in time spent to resolve the crime.
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"Sometimes people create alternate identities or screen names online if they want to say something anonymously. Research also shows that users will fictionalize their social networking profiles to fend off people who are not their friends online. If everyone's faking it and telling white lies, do you really know who you are talking to? This could easily open you up to dangers online," says online security expert Anne Collier. The report makes further stark revelation stating adults around the world have also been on the receiving end of online scams, phishing attacks, hacking of social networking profiles and credit card fraud. Seven percent of adults have even encountered sexual predators online.

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