L'amnésie numérique

victor81 a écrit:
mais je suis d'accord avec le fait que l'on utilise pas assez notre mémoire dans les choses du quotidien ( rendez vous date de naissance..), et que l'on ne l'entraine pas assez, d’où le recours systématique aux penses bêtes...et c'est le serpent qui se mort la queue.

UNPROTECTED TREASURES

Worryingly, despite this growing reliance on connected devices as the guardians of our memories and knowledge, the study found that consumers across Europe are failing to adequately protect them with IT security. Smartphones and laptops are particularly poorly secured and women secure everything less than men, a finding consistent with previous Kaspersky lab studies.
The use of digital devices is widespread in Europe. Around two-thirds (64.2%) have connected smartphones – with younger people far more likely to own one than older age groups: 84% of 16–24 year olds compared to 38.2% of those aged 55+; around half (46.6%) have connected tablets – fairly consistent across age groups; three- quarters (73%) have connected laptops – again consistent across age groups, and around half (57.1%) of all ages have connected PCs.

However, just one in three (34.5%) installs extra IT security, such as an anti-malware software solution on their smartphone and only a quarter (23.4%) adds any to their tablet. One in five (20.9%) doesn’t protect any of their devices with additional security.

CONCLUSION

Connected devices enrich our lives but they have also given rise to the potentially risky phenomenon of Digital Amnesia. Many people underestimate just how exposed their externally-stored memories can be, rarely thinking about the need to protect them with IT security, such as anti-virus software.

Our growing inability to remember important numbers because they are just a click away leaves us immensely vulnerable should the device be lost or stolen or the data compromised in some way – particularly if we are out and about. Secondly, while the internet offers access to a wealth of insight and intelligence that can enhance every experience, it also leaves us open to unexpected threats and vulnerabilities.

Earlier Kaspersky Lab consumer research found that while three quarters of women and two-thirds of men don’t believe they could possibly be a target for cyber-attack or malware, 43% of them were hit by financial malware in 2014. In the same year, 24% of Mac users and 32% of PC users encountered a general virus/malware attack.

Further, there are dark corners of the internet that contain inappropriate and even illegal information and they are surprisingly easy for unwary consumers to stumble into. The freedom to roam the internet for knowledge requires – ironically – that we can block access to such sites for vulnerable audiences such as the young.
Digital Amnesia is a growing trend among consumers of all ages, not just younger digital natives – and we need to better understand the direction and long term implications of this trend in order to protect the information we no longer store in our minds. Kaspersky Lab is committed to helping people understand the risks their data could be exposed to, and empowering them to tackle those risks. We look forward to a lively debate on the impact and future of Digital Amnesia.