Various media outlets featured UBC research that found one in five adults have snooped through their friend’s, romantic partner’s or family member’s social media account using the person’s own device.
Researchers from UBC’s computer science and electrical and computer engineering departments said Facebook private messages, pictures or videos are easy targets when the account owner is already logged on and the device is open.
Stories appeared on the Daily Mail, Hindustan Times, Sunday Times, Irish Examiner, CBC, CBC BC, Yahoo, Yahoo U.K., Vancouver Sun, The Province, Metro News, and Indo-Canadian Voice Online.
