A report by Kaspersky antivirus manufacturer confirms that the news about data leaks, increasingly frequent and massive, are reason for widespread concern. U n 77% of the more than 1,000 Spanish users who participated in this survey admitted to being stressed by this type of information.And it is that disasters such as that of the financial firm Equifax in States United, which in 2017 left the weather and personal data and Social Security numbers of 143 million people, take the hiccups off anyone.
What causes cyber-land
But Spanish cybers have not only to do with the great leaks of information from financial companies, social networks such as Facebook or PlayStation online games.Also three out of four technology users in this country they spend their lives trying to manage passwords to access any online service .And it is that an average user has to remember dozens of passwords and so he resorts, even if it seems a lie , to combinations as easy as "123456", "password" or "qwerty".This means not only making the data accessible, but also giving the hackers a red carpet to find them.and despite this, 95% of Spaniards do not trust password managers.
Cyber stress has more facets.Other of them has to do with the protection of devices .81% of Spanish netizens suffer from this cause.In addition, 74% feel overwhelmed Because of the amount of sensitive information available to him, according to Kaspersky, the netizens of this country believe they have reason to be worried, since 58% expect to encounter a security problem during the next 12 months.
In addition, just over half admit to having been the victim of such a problem in the past five years.We must not forget that you practice as the phishing , the ransomware ( extortion thanks to the encryption of the hard disk) or the cryptojacking (slowdown of the equipment due to cryptocurrency mining) have become global epidemics that we all have lived closely at one time or another.
What we distrust and trust each other
At higher levels of stress, the greater the distrust of users in the technology they use.Kaspersky asked the participants of his study about the applications that least trusted them when it came to protecting their data against leaks or attacks.The users pointed to social networks and mobile payment as the least reliable (44% and 30%, respectively).
Meanwhile, GPS tracking and health and music monitoring applications prove to be the most reliable.Only 10% of respondents said they would not give personal data to these apps , although they usually require highly sensitive information (location or medical data).
The problem of digital self-assessment
But cyberrestrials do not find their causes only in data insecurity.It also has to do with our expectations on the network and the image we want to project on the internet, and to what extent that image corresponds to reality." We spend the day receiving a high amount of stimuli, such as images, videos, texts or music, through our mobile devices.Emails, publications on our social networks, both ours and others, invitations to events or WhatsApp messages , whether they are in groups or individuals, they arrive in large quantities on a daily basis and make us want to have an adequate social image, to want feel accepted by others and want to give a satisfactory answer to these digital stimuli, in order to safeguard our public identity, "says Horten Soler, a psychopedagogue specializing in new technologies.
"This concept of digital evaluation, both that we exercise on ourselves (digital self-evaluation) and the one we perceive from others and from our environments, is triggering processes of a continuous demand that cause states of digital stress.All this can cause a series of consequences such as irritability, anxiety and depression (I feel successful in my social networks or not), relationship problems with others, eating disorders (I want to like others with my photos), self-destructive behaviors and even heart attacks, "says the expert.
Five tips for sleeping peacefully
Finally, here are some tips to fight cybers and sleep peacefully at night:
- E stablece strong alphanumeric passwords that include uppercase, lowercase and numbers, and that have nothing to do with easy key combinations or refer to personal data such as name and date of birth, by Example: It may also be helpful to get a good password manager, a tool that very few people use after all.
-Be cautious when transferring data to the apps and social networks that interest you.Although the new EU data protection regulations, the GDPR, has tightened the sanctions on companies that have massive data leaks, it is not advisable to trust and it is advisable to read the fine print of the contracts.Usually, we usually ask for more information about the due.
-Secure your devices with an antivirus or a security suite , and renew it every year.It is better to spend 70 or 80 euros a year to see how a hacker cleans you your checking account or blackmails you with the encryption of your computer’s hard drive data.
-Formed as much as possible about what they can do with your data and the ways that criminals have access to them.The lack of prudence and knowledge of users is in many cases the first security hole.
-Relativiza.The world is not what appears on the internet and on social networks.Posturing and digital narcissism is leading many, especially the youngest, to create an unsustainable image of them that makes them victims of themselves.That fictional life of uninterrupted happiness and exciting moments that many intend to show at all times in the end leads to frustration.
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