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After ISIS, Americans Fear Cyberattacks Most (theatlantic.com)
An anonymous reader writes: According to Pew Research Center, there's an increasingly growing fear among Americans about cyberattacks. In fact, it's the second most feared entity to them, the first being ISIS. The terrorist group is scary by design, relying on propaganda videos and ultra-violent attacks to spread fear and project power. But coming in second right after the terrorist group was the prospect of country-on-country cyberwar: a digital raid to steal another government's information, for example, or a large-scale attack on a nation's electrical grid. Cyberattacks are a major threat in the minds of 72 percent of Americans, and a minor threat to another 22 percent. Cyberwar hasn't been on Americans' minds to this degree since 2013. That year, for the first time, Americans ranked cyberattacks as a top threat, placing it second after the threat from Islamic extremists like al-Qaeda. But in the intervening years, Americans turned their attention to nuclear threats.
Seriously, who holds ISIS as their top fear? The overwhelming majority of Americans will literally never be within a couple thousand miles of ISIS at any time in their lives. Yeah, ISIS is really really awful but their ability to actually harm people here in the states is so very close to zero that they might as well not exist. American citizens are more likely to be harmed by a chicken sandwich in most cases.
Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
ISIS poses very little threat to the average American, but the beast we're feeding to keep us "safe" from them is a bigger danger. Even though I know I'm not doing anything wrong, I always tend to get a little nervous whenever there's a cop behind me. You never know when you're going to get pulled over & harassed for having the wrong bumper sticker on your car.
Taking guns away from the 99% gives the 1% 100% of the power.
What I fear most is Hillary somehow reaching the White House.
Americans have absolutely zero clue about real threats. None. They panic over ISIS while they grow obese and die from heart disease (which kills a million Americans a year). Just about anything you can name is more likely to kill you than a terrorist, including being hit in the face by a meteor.
Hey ISIS! You want to kill Americans? Come over here and open a restaurant that serves deep fried lard dipped in butter served with a bucket of sugar. They'll be singing your praises about your delicious junk food while being buried in spherical coffins by the millions. :P