GVU's Seventh WWW User Survey Author Graphs

Security of Java

Notes:

The response profile to this question has changed significantly in the past six moths. The largest category of users said that they thought Java was "somewhat secure." This shows an increased perception of the security of Java since the Sixth and Fifth Surveys. Over a third of the respondents (34.93%), report not knowing about he security of Java (45.36% Sixth). Of those who gave it a rating, only 3.97% (8.3% Sixth) thought it was very insecure, 12.8% (28.0% Sixth) said somewhat insecure, 39.04% (29.79% Sixth) said somewhat secure and 9.23% (4.96% Sixth) thought it was very secure. This represents a distinct shift toward more trust in Java's security measured from the Sixth and Fifth Surveys.

Table of Data for All Categories

Security of Java	All	USA	Europe
Don't know	1214.00 34.93%	962.00 36.30%	80.00 23.53%
Somewhat Insecure	445.00 12.80%	334.00 12.60%	59.00 17.35%
Somewhat Secure	1358.00 39.07%	1023.00 38.60%	146.00 42.94%
Very Insecure	138.00 3.97%	103.00 3.89%	13.00 3.82%
Very Secure	321.00 9.23%	228.00 8.60%	42.00 12.35%

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GVU's WWW Surveying Team
Graphics, Visualization, & Usability Center
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0280