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Millennials Value Speed Over Security, Says Survey (dailydot.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the instant-coffee dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Daily Dot: Millennials stand apart from other Americans in preferring faster Internet access to safer Internet access, according to a new survey. When digital-authentication firm SecureAuth asked people from all age groups whether they would rather be safer online or browse faster online, 57 percent of Americans chose security and 43 percent chose speed. But among millennials, the results were almost reversed: 54 percent chose speed over security. Young people are also more willing than the overall population to share sensitive information over public Wi-Fi connections, which are notoriously insecure as they allow anyone on the network to analyze and intercept passing traffic. While a clear majority (57 percent) of Americans told SecureAuth that they transmitted such information over public Wi-Fi, nearly eight in 10 (78 percent) of millennials said they did so. A surprising 44 percent of millennials believe their data is generally safe from hackers, and millennials are more likely than members of other age groups to share account passwords with friends. Americans overall are paying more attention to some aspects of digital security. An October 2015 study by the wireless industry's trade group found that 61 percent of Americans use passwords on their smartphones and 58 percent use them on their tablets, compared to 50 percent and 48 percent, respectively, in 2012. The recent study lines up with a report published on May 24 that found that the elderly use more secure passwords than millennials.

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  1. "Millennials are stupid" by kheldan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But of course that's obvious. They've also been indoctrinated by 'social media', the media in general, and corporations that sharing everything is normal, and that 'privacy' is something anomalous, and that only people with something to hide want privacy. The real question is: will they live long enough to learn the error of their ways, and even more to the point, will they learn that before they reproduce and pass on their indoctrinated ways to another generation?

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    1. Re:"Millennials are stupid" by Shoten · · Score: 4, Insightful

      The creator of the study is stupider than most millennials, I'd wager.

      Security vs. speed hasn't been a network trade-off for a very, very long time. They may as well have put out a study stating "Millennials Value Speed Over Getting Fucked in the Ass by Rebel Wilson."

      Ah, I hear it now..."But public WiFi is faster, and there's the trade-off!" Oh yeah? What public WiFi would that be? None of the ones I've ever used in the past few years were fast at all, because the same openness that makes them non-private also means that tons of people are sharing the bandwidth.

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    2. Re:"Millennials are stupid" by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Millennials don't know what we didn't teach them... maybe Slashdot should write something teaching them what we've learned over the years.

      Ya, because old people trying to teach young people (who, like, seriously guys, know *everything*) always goes over so well :-)

      Now if they'd just get off my fucking lawn - 'cause I'm trying to mow it ...

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    3. Re:"Millennials are stupid" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

      o please, cut the crap. This "millennials are stupid" thing has to stop. They are just younger, therefor have less experience with in how many ways things can go belly up, and as a group they therefor have a rosier picture than older people. That is nothing new. Our generation was, on average, incredibly naive as well. We are the generation that got duped by Microsoft's antics and essentially allowed Microsoft's bad (design) decisions to become defacto standards, even though the signs were very clear. The world still suffers for it.

      Face it, we are ALL far to gullible for our own good when it concerns the high-paced technology and societal changes we are going through. And most of us simply don't learn new things fast enough to know any better while growing older either.

    4. Re:"Millennials are stupid" by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Informative

      I'd rather think the train of thought is "Make it fast. Leave the make-it-safe part to me".

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    5. Re:"Millennials are stupid" by kheldan · · Score: 4, Insightful

      LOL, no.

      'Inexperienced' = 'Isn't aware of/understand X', 'Gets X explained to them', 'Has an AHA! moment, is grateful for new learning/knowledge'.

      'Stupid' = 'Isn't aware of/understand X', 'Gets X explained to them', 'Gives you a funny look, mocks you, says you are just too old, don't understand how things are today, etc, ignores new knowledge/learning'

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    6. Re:"Millennials are stupid" by ClickOnThis · · Score: 4, Insightful

      The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
      -- Socrates

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    7. Re:"Millennials are stupid" by viperidaenz · · Score: 5, Insightful

      “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”

  2. Boiling frogs by ronmon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes, it really is that simple. They have no reference to the expectation of privacy and freedom. The surveillance state is normal to them.