According to a new survey, women and Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) respondents report lower feelings of safety and privacy online than men and white respondents. The "Demographics of Cybercrime" report, presented by Malwarebytes in partnership with non-profit Digitunity, asked 5,000 people across the United States, United Kingdom and Germany about their perceptions and experiences of being online.
Of all respondents, 50% reported not feeling private online, while 31% reported not feeling safe. Breaking down those statistics, the report notes that while 47% of men reported feeling either "somewhat safe" or "very safe" on the internet, only 37% of women felt the same. Thirty-eight percent of BIPOC respondents reported feeling "somewhat safe" or "very safe," compared to 44% of white internet users.