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Internet relationships improved from 82% of Brazilians

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Rio - According to a survey released on Tuesday by Symantec, 82% of Brazilian Internet users say the web has improved their relationships, index exceeding the world average of 70%. In this respect, Brazil is behind in India (90%) and China (87%). The Norton Online Living Report survey examined data on the safety and relationships in the virtual sphere in 12 countries and interviewed nine thousand people.

As the number of online friends, the Brazilian adults are first, with an average of 66.4, followed by China (55.5) and Canada (45.8). The experience of falling through the network has already been experienced by 25% of adult Internet users surveyed in Brazil, and facilitated contact with family is important to 77%.

Compared to the Internet from other countries, Brazil is the largest USA share photos online, and also those who spend more time with this - an average of four hours per week.

Parents and children
The Norton Online Living Report also made a survey with Internet users between 8 and 17 years in 12 countries. Children and adolescents are the Brazilians who spend more time connected, an average of 70 hours per week - his parents, however, think that time is 56 hours.

In Brazil, 74% say their parents know what children watch on the Internet, and 72% of young children and confirm that information. Parents also admit monitor the behavior of children on the web: 66% of them admit to read e-mails or track sites visited by children. In social networks, 60% of children and adolescents have their parents on their friends list.

Security issues
Safety on the Internet was another point examined by the study, which indicates that 40% of Brazilian Internet users say that someone tried to invade their computers. The number is not only higher than in China, where the rate is around 50%. Moreover, the Brazilian is also the most widely researched in the group to install security solutions on your PC.

Fabiano Tricarico, sales manager for Symantec's retail area of Brazil, alert to the importance of care in computer security, especially when used by several people in the family. "This is a period in which most taxpayers use their PCs connected to the web to fit the statement of income tax and transmit them to the government," says Tricarico. "Ensure that the machine is' shielded 'is essential to prevent leak confidential data on the network," concludes.



Source: The Day online

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