Survey Sheds Light on Children’s Cyber Secrets – IT News Africa

According to the findings from a recent Kaspersky survey*, among respondents from South Africa, over half (54%) of children aged 11-17 years old hide their online activities from their parents and other grown-ups. To do this, 28% of youngsters set passwords on all their devices, while 21% clear the browsing history after each access to the Internet so that other family members couldn’t check what they were doing online. And 11% prefer going online when their parents are not around.

Among those who tend to keep their online activities a secret, a significant number . . .