(CNN) -- Here's a real shocker: Teens are better than their parents at using the Internet, and are likely to hide some of their online behaviors from them.
That news comes from a
2,017-person survey funded by the online security software maker McAfee,
which is pushing a product that helps parents monitor their kids
online.
Seventy percent of teens
"hide their online behavior" from parents, according to the report,
which was released Monday. That's up from 45% in 2010, the group says.
These hidden behaviors
include some things you might expect -- such as accessing violent (43%)
or pornographic (32%) content online -- but also a few surprises.
Fifteen percent of teens have hacked into social networks; 9% have
hacked into e-mail accounts; 12% have met face to face with a person he
or she met on the Internet; and 16% of teens surveyed said they had used
their phones to cheat on tests at school.
McAfee said parents are often unaware of these behaviors.
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