미국 성인 절반 이상이 스마트폰으로 누드 사진을 보내는 ‘섹스팅(sext)’을 경험한 것으로 나타났다.
보안업체 맥아피가 미국인 1,500명을 조사한 결과 77%가 아는 사람에게, 16%가 모르는 사람에게 성적인 메시지를 보낸 것으로 나타났다.
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Sexting: Half of U.S. adults’ phones contain intimate content
More than 50 percent of U.S. people have used their mobile device to share or receive intimate or sexual text messages, emails or photos from someone, according to security software firm McAfee.
McAfee released a new study on Tuesday titled “Love, Relationships, and Technology” gathering data from 1,500 U.S. consumers.
While 77 percent of sexters send their racy content to their significant others, 16 percent send it to complete strangers.
Eighteen-to 24-year-olds with smartphones are most keen on sexting. By gender, about 61 percent of men experience sexting, while 48 percent of women do.
To keep privacy, McAfee cautions that people should not share smartphone passwords or social network passwords and think twice before sharing messages.
By Lee Shin-young, Intern reporter (sylee@heraldcorp.com)