Sydney, May 2: New findings from the online market research firm, YouGov, reveal that Baby Boomers are most likely to engage in safe online security practices compared to other generations.
These habits include refraining from clicking links or downloading attachments from unknown senders, avoiding opening emails from strangers, and verifying the authenticity of questionable emails or messages directly with the sender.
According to the research, 93 per cent of Baby Boomers stated they would rarely or never download an attachment or open a link from an unknown sender.
This percentage decreases with younger generations: 84 per cent of Gen X, 65 per cent of Millennials, and 67 per cent of Gen Z reported they would avoid engaging with links or attachments from unknown addresses.
Furthermore, 84 per cent of Baby Boomers would never, or rarely, open an email from an unknown sender.
This cautious approach is less common among younger generations, with 67 per cent of Gen X, 48 per cent of Millennials, and only 39 per cent of Gen Z exhibiting the same level of caution.
Baby Boomers are also the most likely to verify the authenticity of an email directly with the sender when in doubt, with 64 per cent routinely practicing this habit.
Gen Z follows closely at 60 per cent, with Gen X at 59 per cent and Millennials at 55 per cent.
Fumin Rianto, YouGov Associate Director said: “YouGov’s data has found that Baby Boomers are
the most stringent in practicing secure online habits.
“This research has revealed that it’s actually Millennials and Gen Z who, although are digital
natives, are the least likely to practice the proposed secure online behaviours.”
When it comes to responsibility for providing education on financial matters, 34 per cent of Baby Boomers believe it falls upon consumers to educate themselves by reading relevant information or seeking educational opportunities.
This view is less prevalent among younger generations, with only 22 per cent of Millennials and a similar proportion of Gen Z (23 per cent) holding this opinion.
A third of Gen Z (32 per cent) feel that educational institutions should bear this responsibility, while a quarter (26 per cent) see it as the role of banks and financial providers.
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