# Risk Perceptions on Social Media Use in Norway
## 5 Analysis and Results
### Security Routines on Social Media
#### 5.1.4 Visible Information  
We asked the people who answered the questionnaire what information they have visible on their social media platforms; the results can be seen in Table 12. It seems like the majority of the participants (58.5%) have chosen to hide as much information about themselves as possible. As we can see, even though sexual orientation is classified as sensitive personal data by Norwegian legislation ([[https://www.datatilsynet.no/rettigheter-og-plikter/virksomhetenes-plikter/behandlingsgrunnlag/veileder-om-behandlingsgrunnlag/spesielt-om-sarlig-kategorier-av-personopplynsinger-sensitive-personopplynsinger-og-unntak/](https://www.datatilsynet.no/rettigheter-og-plikter/virksomhetenes-plikter/behandlingsgrunnlag/veileder-om-behandlingsgrunnlag/spesielt-om-sarlig-kategorier-av-personopplynsinger-sensitive-personopplynsinger-og-unntak/)]([https://www.datatilsynet.no/rettigheter-og-plikter/virksomhetenes-plikter/behandlingsgrunnlag/veileder-om-behandlingsgrunnlag/spesielt-om-sarlig-kategorier-av-personopplynsinger-sensitive-personopplynsinger-og-unntak/](https://www.datatilsynet.no/rettigheter-og-plikter/virksomhetenes-plikter/behandlingsgrunnlag/veileder-om-behandlingsgrunnlag/spesielt-om-sarlig-kategorier-av-personopplynsinger-sensitive-personopplynsinger-og-unntak/))), people still have this information visible on their social media profile, in this case, 8.3% of the respondents. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l l l l l l l l l l l l} \hline \hline  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Been**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**N**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Mean**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Median**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Std. Deviation**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Std. Error**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**95\% CI**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Upper**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Min**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Max**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Sig.**} \\  & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Hacked?**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**N**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Mean**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Median**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Std. Deviation**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Std. Error**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Lower**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Upper**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Min**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Max**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Sig.**} \\ \hline Profile & Yes & 50 & 2.6 & 3 & 1.195 & 0.169 & 2.26 & 2.94 & 0 & 4 & \\  & No & 279 & 3 & 3 & 1.005 & 0.06 & 2.89 & 3.12 & 0 & 4 & \\  & Total & 329 & 2.94 & 3 & 1.045 & 0.058 & 2.83 & 3.06 & 0 & 4 & 0.012 \\ \hline Contact info & Yes & 50 & 2.94 & 4 & 1.3 & 0.184 & 2.57 & 3.31 & 0 & 4 & \\  & No & 279 & 3.27 & 4 & 1.084 & 0.065 & 3.14 & 3.4 & 0 & 4 & \\  & Total & 329 & 3.22 & 4 & 1.124 & 0.062 & 3.1 & 3.34 & 0 & 4 & 0.057 \\ \hline Posts & Yes & 50 & 2.74 & 3 & 1.242 & 0.176 & 2.39 & 3.09 & 0 & 4 & \\  & No & 279 & 3.02 & 3 & 1.058 & 0.063 & 2.89 & 3.14 & 0 & 4 & \\  & Total & 329 & 2.98 & 3 & 1.09 & 0.06 & 2.86 & 3.09 & 0 & 4 & 0.097 \\ \hline Friends and & Yes & 50 & 2.54 & 3 & 1.358 & 0.192 & 2.15 & 2.93 & 0 & 4 & \\ followers & No & 279 & 2.83 & 3 & 1.158 & 0.069 & 2.7 & 2.97 & 0 & 4 & \\  & Total & 329 & 2.79 & 3 & 1.193 & 0.066 & 2.66 & 2.92 & 0 & 4 & 0.112 \\ \hline Profile visibility & Yes & 50 & 2.02 & 2 & 1.317 & 0.186 & 1.65 & 2.39 & 0 & 4 & \\ to search engines & No & 279 & 2.46 & 3 & 1.461 & 0.087 & 2.29 & 2.63 & 0 & 4 & \\  & Total & 329 & 2.4 & 2 & 1.447 & 0.08 & 2.24 & 2.55 & 0 & 4 & 0.046 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table} 
Table 11: Differences in privacy settings between sufferers of account hacking and the remaining sample. “I limit as much as possible who can see my... on social media.”  
Figure 6: “I limit as much as possible who can see my... on social media”, answering “1” means no limitation on visibility, “4” means strict limitation on visibility and “0” means I do not know. There were only marginal differences between the natives and non-natives when we compare visible information. Non-natives are slightly more public with their email addresses (\(p=0.04\)) and phone numbers (\(p=0.06\)).