The survey of 1,900 persons shows that the spread of personal and often sensitive content via mobile phones and the Internet is widespread, and unsurprisingly, younger phone users are most irresponsible.
Nineteen percent of mobile phone users under the age of 30 have received text or multimedia messages with sexual content, compared to 13 percent for the survey group as a whole.
Fully 31 percent of those under the age of 30 interviewed said they have used their phone's camera to take pictures of people who were not aware of being photographed. Only 13 percent of the total group surveyed gave the same answer.
The study, carried out by Perduco for operator NetCom last November, found that 42 percent of those under the age of 30 have made calls or sent messages while intoxicated, and later regretted their message, compared to 19 percent of the total group.
