A World Full of Privacy and Security (Mis)conceptions? Findings of a Representative Survey in 12 Countries. (arXiv:2212.10382v1 [cs.CR])

Misconceptions about digital security and privacy topics in the general
public frequently lead to insecure behavior. However, little is known about the
prevalence and extent of such misconceptions in a global context. In this work,
we present the results of the first large-scale survey of a global population
on misconceptions: We conducted an online survey with n = 12, 351 participants
in 12 countries on four continents. By investigating influencing factors of
misconceptions around eight common security and privacy topics …

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