People care more about convenience than privacy online

Are you willing to give up privacy for convenience? For most people, the answer is yes, according to a recent survey from Gigya.

The company, which allows consumers to use their Facebook or Twitter log-ins to sign in to a wide range of Web sites, found that users fear the worst when it comes to the privacy of their data but still are willing to put convenience above those concerns. The finding may not be particularly surprising to anyone who have ever sat at their computer and racked their brain for yet another password. But it does show that while many Internet users really, really don't trust their social networks, they're still willing to use the log-ins from those sites. The survey found that 60 percent of Internet users opt to use their Facebook, Twitter or Google account credentials to log in to other sites -- even though most users fear those companies aren't being careful with their data. Of those surveyed, more than 46 percent of users think that sites using social log-ins will sell their data. Nearly 42 percent think sites or apps will post on users' social media accounts without permission, and 40 percent say they worry that these companies will "spam" their social network friends.