Anonymity, Privacy, and Security Online
86% of internet users have taken steps to avoid surveillance by other people or organizations when they were using the internet
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Younger adults (those ages 18-29), the college-educated, the more affluent, and urban and suburban-dwellers are especially likely to use their phones in a variety of ways. The following tables highlight the demographic composition of those who perform certain activities on their cell phones. Text messaging Texting continues to be one of the most prevalent cell […]
An array of woes has struck some internet users when personal information of theirs was compromised or some of their online activities put them in conflict with others: 21% of internet users have had an email or social networking account compromised or taken over without their permission. 12% have been stalked or harassed online. 11% […]
Internet users are more worried than they were in the past about the amount of information that is available about them online. Half (50%) of internet users say they are worried, up from 33% who said that in September 2009. In late 2006, the figure stood at 40%. There is consistent evidence that the level […]
Online Americans believe that different kinds of data trails have different value and they want control over some of the more personal material. To test the varying views on the importance of different types of personal information, we asked respondents how important it was to them “that only you and those you authorize have access […]