E-Dating users it easier for them to reveal their own data

Kaspersky Lab's research suggests that over-opening to others through online dating sites can lead to more than hoped, giving way not only to a person who is just dating, but also to fraudsters and criminals active in the virtual world. Twenty-two percent of users of online dating services who participated in the research study from the UAE admitted that they provide personal data to their peers on those sites within minutes or hours of starting a dialogue with them, which puts them at risk.


It may seem natural, and it's an easy way to find a potential dating partner, but online dating users make personal, highly sensitive information without thinking about the implications, especially since many recipients of this information publish it on their profile files that are open to the general public. A quarter of respondents in the UAE (25%) said they publicly share their full names on profiles.
(9%) said that they shared the pictures of their family members with others through their dating sites, while 9% said they shared the details of their business or business with their peers. Unaware that they have disclosed too much details and information.

Users from the UAE appear to be more likely to disclose information to their online dating partners: 18% of respondents said they gave personal details to their peers, and 22% did so within minutes or hours of dating. And 20% acknowledged that they were telling these people about embarrassing things about themselves.

While none of the surveyed users provide special pictures to their peers. This information can be used, if it falls into the wrong hands, to exploit users by accessing their accounts and organs, or even extortion by cybercriminals demanding victims to pay the money.
As online Internet users, online enumerators are exposed to more cyber threats. The survey shows that half of the individuals (50%) who seek online dating in the UAE have experienced some form of IT security-related incidents, such as hacking or Accounts, or targeted by ransom software, compared with 39% of those who do not engage in online dating, making them more vulnerable to attack.