According to a survey conducted among South Korean adults on their way of handling private information on the internet and on their smartphones in 2023, about 51.6 percent of male and almost 50 percent of female respondents answered that they would check the authors and sources of information online. Profile authentication checks and disabling the location feature have also often been used by the persons surveyed.
Adults handling their private information access on the internet in South Korea in 2023, by gender
Characteristic
Male
Female
Checking source and author of information
51.6%
49.7%
Set up a profile authentication check
43.9%
44%
Disable location information feature
47%
47.6%
Set up distinction range for disclosure of information
34.6%
34.5%
Using the function to report right infringements by others
26.5%
27.3%
Share passwords of social media or e-mail account with friends
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Korea Communications Commission. (March 26, 2024). Adults handling their private information access on the internet in South Korea in 2023, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1235399/south-korea-handling-private-information-online-of-adults/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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