Open AccessSecurity and privacy awareness of smartphone users in Indonesia
Author(s) -
Muslim Amin,
Herman Tasmil,
Darman Fauzan Dhahir,
Yayan Hadiyat
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1882/1/012134
Subject(s) - internet privacy , personally identifiable information , security awareness , computer security , social media , information sensitivity , computer science , smartphone application , business , information security , world wide web , multimedia
The number of smartphone users in Indonesia is increasing every year and has been growing rapidly since Covid-19 hit Indonesia. Smartphones store a lot of personal and information data, such as photos, videos, contact lists, e-mails to social media accounts. A large amount of personal data on smartphones causes an increasing number of threats to information security and privacy. This study aims to measure the knowledge and level of awareness of smartphone users in Indonesia on information security and privacy. This study modify the existing measurement methods. The results showed that there are still many Indonesians do not know the information security and privacy on their smartphones. The results also show that the level of information security awareness among Indonesians is still low.