Over a quarter of workers in London are using laptops in bed, according to a recent survey with the odd title “Laptop Use in Bed and the Security Implications.” International data security company Credant Technologies polled 300 workers in London in April for the purpose of determining “whether the UK has become a nation of work-obsessed, laptop-dependent key tappers and to highlight the security implications of unsecured mobile devices,” according to the Credant press release.
Of the one-in-four who do work in bed, nearly 60 percent do so between two and six hours a week. Forty-four percent admitted they are holding important work documents on their mobile devices, of which 54 percent were not adequately secured with encryption.
And eight percent admitted they spend more time with their laptops than talking with their partners. To which the survey authors concluded: “Little wonder that the survey also found that the majority of their bed partners found their partners’ obsession with their laptops ‘a very annoying habit.’”