Pew has a new poll out on Americans’ attitudes toward privacy, and it is full of interesting findings. A New York Times blog piece on the poll focused on the so-called “privacy paradox”—people’s seeming willingness to share personal information despite their professed concern over privacy (more on that below). But for me the most striking finding
New Poll Shows Americans Are More Paranoid Of Electronic Surveillance Than Ever Before
80% of adults say Americans should be concerned about the government’s monitoring of phone calls and internet communications. Just 18% disagree.