Rajkot: “A woman told us that his brother used to check his cellphone regularly.
He used to take pictures of his handset content and his social media activities.” Many examples of such cyber spies appear in a survey conducted by the Saurashtra University Psychology Department (Su ) At 1,080 women aged between 18-30.
The survey revealed that when it comes to cyber spies, young women are afraid of their family members more than foreigners.
The majority of young women, with whom Nimmi Patel – a psychology department student, interacted to declare fear that their family members oversee their social media activities.
Most women who participate in surveys are graduates or graduate students from the middle and upper middle class families.
According to the survey, 72% of women felt that family members tried to hack their social media accounts.
While 54% of respondents said that family members wanted to get their social media passwords with hooks or criminals.
Nearly 81% of women were afraid that their cellphones were examined by their family members when they slept.
Yogesh Jogsan, Head of the Department of Psychology Su, said that online stalkers or spies created a trust deficit in the family.
“This kind of spy creates a crisis of trust in the family and causes a negative impact on young girls.
In some cases, such spies lead the girls to take the wrong step,” Jogsan said.
As high as 68% of women revealed that they cyber followed in the past.
Cyber ​​stalker incidents increased after women posted their photos on social media.
Nearly 57% of respondents said that they were approached by foreigners after they upload photos of their social media accounts.
“Various cyber criminals have different intentions.
Some do it for fun, while others do it to squeeze the account holder by threatening to leak personal data.
There are some that make money by selling stolen data to third parties,” added Jogsan.
This survey also revealed that young girls were more vulnerable to becoming victims of Cybercrime.
“Young people spend most of their time on social media sites but hardly have knowledge of cyberspace crimes, it is an impact or law that deals with it,” Jogsan said.