Most Americans would be fine with some Internet surveillance if they were notified
http://www.dailydot.com/politics/internet-surveillance-survey-notification-consent/ Despite increasingly heated rhetoric from opponents of government surveillance, a recent survey shows that most Americans would be okay with many kinds of Internet snooping as long as the snoopers told them first. The results showed "a surprising willingness by participants to accept the inspection of encrypted traffic, provided they are first notified," according to the researchers behind the survey, which was titled "At Least Tell Me." - - - Of course, the most watched cable news channel in the U.S. -- FOX News -- isn't a real news channel but merely a propaganda outlet for the racist, moronic, anti-science, anti-education GOP -- so one might forgive "most Americans" for their lack of insight on this technical privacy issue. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
