86% of Internet Users Have Tried to Avoid Surveillance: Pew Research

Eighty-six percent of Internet users have taken steps to cover up or remove their online browsing habits, according to a new report from Pew Research called “Anonymity, Privacy, and Security Online.”

The report analyzed consumer Internet behavior and found that 55 percent of Internet users said that they had taken steps to avoid observation by companies, people or the government. Even so, 59 percent of Internet users don’t think that it’s possible to be truly anonymous online.

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