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Snowden Leaks Prompt Internet Users Worldwide To Protect Their Data
Lucas123 writes: A new international survey of internet users from 24 countries has found that more than 39% of them have taken steps to protect their data since Edward Snowden leaked the NSA's spying practices. The survey, conducted by the Center for International Governance Innovation, found that 43% of Internet users now avoid certain websites and applications and 39% change their passwords regularly. Security expert Bruce Schneier chastised the media for trying to downplay the numbers by saying "only" 39%" have taken action and "only 60%" have heard of Snowden. The news articles, "are completely misunderstanding the data," Schneier said, pointing out that by combining data on Internet penetration with data from the international survey, it works out to 706 million people who are now taking steps to protect their online data. Additionally, two-thirds (64%) of users indicated they are more concerned today about online privacy than they were a year ago. Another notable finding: 83% of users believe that affordable access to the Internet should be a basic human right.
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Oh God, that was funny! *SNORT*.
I'll let you in on a secret (*snicker*):
If you're on the web, you're walking down the street shouting your secrets to the world.
The way to keep your privacy is to keep your mouth shut.
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Some really odd responses in here, that make me question the honestly of the responses. For example, on 35% of Chinese respondents believe their government restricts access to the Internet?
Secondly, on the Snowden question, the question calls out for a "yes, I have" response. People don't want to admit to surveyors that they don't know something, so a good study will actually test whether they actually know about Snowden, or are just not willing to admit ignorance.
Finally, it doesn't say what the "steps" people took actually are, so it's very hard to say what impact Snowden's actually had.
There is a section asking about what people are doing differently on the net vs. last year (changed password, not go to certain sites, etc. etc.), but that was asked of all respondents, not just those who say they know of Snowden, so there's no output on what specific changes people made. Would be interesting to see the responses to that question separated between those who know of Snowden, and those who don't.
In this day and age there is no protection. Look at a live threat map and see whats happening day in and day out - countries are attacking the United States as a target and the United States in attacking itself. Its clear the genie is out of the bottle and nothing you can do, no matter what OS you use will protect you if you connect to the internet. Its time to be aware and the best defense is to remove all ingress points entirely... if you have something to hide, stop being insecure and let it all hang out if you are on the web and own your data publicly - chances are you arent into kiddie porn and you arent a murderer or a credit card thief, and more likely than not, especially if you are reading this, you need to be connected to the net 24/7 - SO, LET IT ALL HANG OUT AND SHOW THE WORLD YOU ARE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE AND YOUR VICES, INTERESTS AND INTELLIGENCE IS NOT INTERESTING OR UNIQUE! BARE IT ALL SO WE CAN BE COUNTED AND BOLDLY FEARLESS OF YOUR DATA! (um yeah srsly lolz) ;-)
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In other news the NSA has declared that 43% of Anonymous Coward's are terrorist's and have now been added to no fly lists. You have now reasonable expectation to privacy because da gubbermint has been breading stupidity for so long, the people do not know what is best for them, big thanks to Hitler for your salvation.
The CIA has added waterboarding as a sport like wakeboarding, snowboarding, surfing etc.
We're going to spend more effort on security now.
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It's just 'Karma', you know ;). I do not agree with what is going on with these clowns, in fact, no reasonable expectation to privacy en mass is unhealthy, they are effectively lining people up to buy Prozac from big pharma. Just another case of the government feeding a line of paranoid bullshit to the people with hidden objectives, and it always turns out to be about money.
If you want a password that nobody will guess, try "Microsoft", because nobody associates that name with security.
> 39% change their passwords regularly
Am I the only one who finds that hard to believe?
(And for how many website accounts do they do this?)
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64% of users thing changing passwords will keep them secure.
Oh, come on, he doesn't really believe they aren't just a mouthpiece, or at least heavily controlled, does he?
As far as I know, they might not be able to decode that on the fly without digging up some older (and probably more sane) staff.
I have been using incognito browser for the past 2 years now, it helps against data mining and doesn't collect history or save cookies on the site. I found this method effective if you want some of security without paying a lot of money for real heavy duty sites like Tor. Or what I believe to be ineffective methods like free online proxy's witch limits your functionality in browsers.
You are correct. Linux would be much less secure with only 5 characters.
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