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Most Consumers Support Government Cyber-Spying

Posted by samzenpus on from the touch-of-espionage-with-every-install dept.

scurtis writes "Nearly two thirds of computer users globally believe that it is acceptable for their country to spy on other nations by hacking or installing malware, according to Sophos's mid-year 2010 Security Threat Report. And 23 percent claimed to support this action even during peacetime. Perhaps more surprisingly, 32 percent of respondents said that countries should also be allowed to plant malware and hack into private foreign companies in order to spy for economic advantage."

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  1. Newsflash: 86% of the general population.... by cptdondo · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    are clueless idiots.

    Move on, nothing to see here.

    Seriously, it drives me up the wall that most people don't care about their on-line privacy, or if their accounts get compromised, or if their personal data is sold to Russia somewhere.

    So why would these clueless dolts not support this sort of crap "against other people?"

    After all, they have nothing to hide....