There’s a lot of concern from the public at large about privacy in the digital age. This is especially the case when it comes to concern for young people. With sexting (sending explicit images, etc between digital devices) being reported and cases of parties being gatecrashed after ‘open’ invites on social networking sites, there’s a great deal of concern to protect youth from themselves.

So, it’s encouraging to report that young people seem to be picking up on these messages to take care. Tech Tribe reports that in the last 12 months well over a half of 19-25 year-olds have upped their privacy settings: with 63% of 19-21 year-olds and 69% of 22-25 year-olds choosing not to display personal information such as their phone number on their social networking sites. 55% have also become more selective with who they friend-add online. As more and more of life migrates online , these figures point to a growing awareness of the fact that the worlds of ‘on’ and ‘off’ line aren’t so distinct.