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Caught in the NET: A Survey of Chicago Area Residents 40+ About Online Use and Safety
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September 2006—
The experiences of 500 age 40+ Chicago metro area residents with spam, phishing, worms, viruses, spyware and other Internet hazards are explored in this August 2006 AARP telephone survey which also covers the preventative measures they take to avoid these problems and where they go for help. (22 pages)
Unsolicited Commercial Email (Spam) and Older Persons Online
/ Research Report
November 2003—
How age 50+ frequent Internet users use the medium, their concerns about unsolicited commercial e-mail or SPAM, and actions they feel policymakers and consumers need to take to deter it are detailed by Sharon Hermanson in this AARP Public Policy Institute Data Digest of a national survey. (6 pages)
(Publication ID: DD94)