Pew: Most Americans Don't Understand Privacy Policies
According to a survey, most Americans think privacy policies protect their personal data, even though they often do the opposite.
How well do Americans understand technology and the Web? That’s a question Pew Research set out to answer with a “Web IQ” quiz doled out to over 1,000 U.S. Internet users. The quiz covered everything from recognizing Bill Gates (a question Americans fared well at) to defining Moore’s law (a question Americans did not fare so well in). Here’s a look at how respondents managed:
Interestingly, 61 percent of Internet users know what “net neutrality” means, (thanks, John Oliver), while only 44 percent are savvy when it comes to privacy policies.
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