Service provider NordVPN, a cybersecurity expert, published a survey earlier this week about Brazilians’ online habits. The results show that each interviewee takes into account a life expectancy of 75.9 years. will spend an average of 41 years of their life connected to the Internet.
To arrive at that number, the company relied on its own survey conducted in January of this year that only interviewed people over the age of 18. After tabulating the answers, it was found that Brazilians connected to the internet on average between 8:33 am and 10:13 pm every day. If we extend the calculation to a typical week, we get over 91 hours of internet usage per week, almost four days a week, or 197 days a year.
The survey reveals that of the 91 hours spent in front of small screens, 19 were spent working, with the remaining 72 hours devoted to various online activities, mostly watching TV shows and movies. Of that time, 13 hours are devoted to watching movies and TV shows, in addition to 12 hours and eight minutes for watching YouTube videos. Another 11 hours and 19 minutes are spent on social media, including Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram.
The dangers of staying on the internet for a long time
Of the crowd, who spend most of their lives in front of their private “metaverse”, 43.5% – according to the survey – rely on the internet for most of their hobbies. 36% of respondents cannot imagine their daily life without internet.
As a result, some personal data is dangerously exposed on the network, for example: name and surname (91.5%), date of birth (86.1%), address (81.4%), marital status (43.9%), position (40.6%) and bank information (29%). That’s why NordVPN expert Daniel Markuson warns, “Watch out for incoming content such as attachments and links and check the sender, they can be a sign of fraud.”
Source: Tec Mundo
