March 7, 2007
Norway Study. Rude mobile phone use
A new survey of Norwegian mobile phone habits reveals that many people have received sex messages via their cell phone and even more take photos of people without permission. Aftenposten reports.
"The survey of 1,900 persons - carried out by Perduco for operator NetCom last November - shows that the spread of personal and often sensitive content via mobile phones and the Internet is widespread, and unsurprisingly, younger phone users are most irresponsible.
Thirty one percent of those under the age of 30 interviewed said they have used their phone's camera to take pictures of people who were not aware of being photographed. Only 13 percent of the total group surveyed gave the same answer.
Nineteen percent of mobile phone users under the age of 30 have received text or multimedia messages with sexual content, compared to 13 percent for the survey group as a whole."
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