Comments on: Half of Japanese Scared of Using Internet http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/01/28/half-of-japanese-scared-of-using-internet/ Japan News Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:18:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bob http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/01/28/half-of-japanese-scared-of-using-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-225890 Bob Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:19:10 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=3670#comment-225890 About 6 years ago I bought a laptop for my in-laws. Both ma and pa are in their 60's. Over two evenings - about 2-3 hours, I gave them a quick introduction on how to setup the laptop and navigate round the pc. They connected to the Internet (not my fault guv...). On the second night I gave them some personal security advice about using the Internet, set-up a hotmail account for them and showed them some search engines. - That's it! They took to it like a duck to water. Over the past few years, they have attended public courses for word-processing, how to use the internet ... and about five or six other courses. Last week my father-in-law bought a custom (design your own and we build it) laptop on line. It's to be used to communicate - vid-link, with his wife while he's away on business trips. It gives them so much peace of mind to see each other when they're apart. All Japanese people need is a little help to get started - just like the rest of us. I'm proud of 'em. About 6 years ago I bought a laptop for my in-laws.

Both ma and pa are in their 60’s. Over two evenings – about 2-3 hours, I gave them a quick introduction on how to setup the laptop and navigate round the pc. They connected to the Internet (not my fault guv…). On the second night I gave them some personal security advice about using the Internet, set-up a hotmail account for them and showed them some search engines. – That’s it!

They took to it like a duck to water. Over the past few years, they have attended public courses for word-processing, how to use the internet … and about five or six other courses.

Last week my father-in-law bought a custom (design your own and we build it) laptop on line. It’s to be used to communicate – vid-link, with his wife while he’s away on business trips.

It gives them so much peace of mind to see each other when they’re apart.

All Japanese people need is a little help to get started – just like the rest of us. I’m proud of ‘em.

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]]> By: The Overthinker http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/01/28/half-of-japanese-scared-of-using-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-133769 The Overthinker Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:51:20 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=3670#comment-133769 Like my wife, who literally does not know how to turn on my computer without instruction - and forget trying to turn it off. Why can't you have a normal power button on the machine that automatically goes through the Exploder shut-down routine, eh? Like my wife, who literally does not know how to turn on my computer without instruction – and forget trying to turn it off. Why can’t you have a normal power button on the machine that automatically goes through the Exploder shut-down routine, eh?

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]]> By: The Overthinker http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/01/28/half-of-japanese-scared-of-using-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-133768 The Overthinker Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:49:44 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=3670#comment-133768 Depends whose face, and what it said.... Depends whose face, and what it said….

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]]> By: The Overthinker http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/01/28/half-of-japanese-scared-of-using-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-133767 The Overthinker Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:49:24 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=3670#comment-133767 "Personal information" leaks are big news in Japan right now, which would be why. “Personal information” leaks are big news in Japan right now, which would be why.

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]]> By: The Overthinker http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/01/28/half-of-japanese-scared-of-using-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-133765 The Overthinker Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:48:37 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=3670#comment-133765 Would not be 似合う. I would imagine it's more like 'fit' (大きさに合っている、服が体に合う）. So "crimes fitting [the description of] sex crimes" would be my translation. Or it could be "the crime of letting children see (meet) sex crimes". That's probably it actually. I don't think it refers to children actually doing these crimes (eg enjo kousai etc). Would not be 似合う. I would imagine it’s more like ‘fit’ (大きさに合っている、服が体に合う）. So “crimes fitting [the description of] sex crimes” would be my translation. Or it could be “the crime of letting children see (meet) sex crimes”. That’s probably it actually. I don’t think it refers to children actually doing these crimes (eg enjo kousai etc).

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]]> By: Karisu http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/01/28/half-of-japanese-scared-of-using-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-133753 Karisu Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:22:49 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=3670#comment-133753 In other (unrelated) news, half of Japanese are computer illiterate and probably aren't even sure what that "internet" thing is. In other (unrelated) news, half of Japanese are computer illiterate and probably aren’t even sure what that “internet” thing is.

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]]> By: Grinz http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/01/28/half-of-japanese-scared-of-using-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-133675 Grinz Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:59:24 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=3670#comment-133675 I'd be scared of the internet too if it had a face and talked to me directly like in the drawing above. I’d be scared of the internet too if it had a face and talked to me directly like in the drawing above.

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]]> By: doinkies http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/01/28/half-of-japanese-scared-of-using-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-133254 doinkies Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:40:17 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=3670#comment-133254 What Japan Thinks has a more detailed post about this survey including the other questions that were asked. It's in the news box. What Japan Thinks has a more detailed post about this survey including the other questions that were asked. It’s in the news box.

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]]> By: Joseph K http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/01/28/half-of-japanese-scared-of-using-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-133242 Joseph K Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:17:15 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=3670#comment-133242 People over 20 were surveyed, as doinkies points out. Given that they weren’t provided as a notable statistic, one assumes that there was very little fear amongst them. And the things they are afraid of aren’t so unreasonable, really, despite all being rather rare. The “leaking of personal information” fear is a little odd, given the amount of personal information requested on any given form in Japan. Murder and bomb threats, though, absolutely baffles me. People over 20 were surveyed, as doinkies points out. Given that they weren’t provided as a notable statistic, one assumes that there was very little fear amongst them.
And the things they are afraid of aren’t so unreasonable, really, despite all being rather rare. The “leaking of personal information” fear is a little odd, given the amount of personal information requested on any given form in Japan.
Murder and bomb threats, though, absolutely baffles me.

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]]> By: doinkies http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/01/28/half-of-japanese-scared-of-using-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-133033 doinkies Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:22:31 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=3670#comment-133033 I'm not surprised that those in their 40s and 50s would be most uneasy about the Internet as they tend to not know a lot about computers or how the Internet works. If this survey had focused on younger people, like those in their 20s, you'd probably get a different result. I’m not surprised that those in their 40s and 50s would be most uneasy about the Internet as they tend to not know a lot about computers or how the Internet works. If this survey had focused on younger people, like those in their 20s, you’d probably get a different result.

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]]> By: nancy http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/01/28/half-of-japanese-scared-of-using-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-133017 nancy Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:51:37 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=3670#comment-133017 i dont get it why??? i dont get it
why???

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]]> By: ... http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/01/28/half-of-japanese-scared-of-using-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-132882 ... Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:10:27 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=3670#comment-132882 trolls, strange people trolls, strange people

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]]> By: doinkies http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/01/28/half-of-japanese-scared-of-using-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-132819 doinkies Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:52:46 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=3670#comment-132819 The English version of this article seems rather incomplete, as it didn't give details like the number of people who were surveyed which were in the Japanese version. Basically, -5000 people over 20 were targeted for the poll and 3006 people answered -In regards to particular online hazards that the respondents felt scared/worried or uneasy about, 66.5% picked "leaking of personal information by computer viruses", 52.1% picked "unauthorized usage of passwords" (by hacking), and 50.5% picked "overhead fees/unfair charges". -In regards to particular Internet crimes that the respondents wanted police to be more in control of, 64.5% picked "children in sex crime-like crimes" (not sure how to translate this part, the original Japanese was 児童が性的犯罪にあう犯罪 and I'm not sure if にあう here is 似合う or に会う), 56.4% picked "the display of obscene images", and 53.3% picked "murder or bomb threats". The English version of this article seems rather incomplete, as it didn’t give details like the number of people who were surveyed which were in the Japanese version.

Basically,
-5000 people over 20 were targeted for the poll and 3006 people answered
-In regards to particular online hazards that the respondents felt scared/worried or uneasy about, 66.5% picked “leaking of personal information by computer viruses”, 52.1% picked “unauthorized usage of passwords” (by hacking), and 50.5% picked “overhead fees/unfair charges”.
-In regards to particular Internet crimes that the respondents wanted police to be more in control of, 64.5% picked “children in sex crime-like crimes” (not sure how to translate this part, the original Japanese was 児童が性的犯罪にあう犯罪 and I’m not sure if にあう here is 似合う or に会う), 56.4% picked “the display of obscene images”, and 53.3% picked “murder or bomb threats”.

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