Americans' Privacy Strategies Post-Snowden
"It has been nearly two years since the first disclosures of
government surveillance programs by former National Security Agency
contractor Edward Snowden and Americans are still coming to terms with
how they feel about the programs and how to live in light of them. The
documents leaked by Snowden revealed an array of activities in dozens of
intelligence programs that collected data from large American technology companies, as well as the bulk collection of phone “metadata”
from telecommunications companies that officials say are important to
protecting national security. The metadata includes information about
who phone users call, when they call, and for how long. The documents
further detail the collection of Web traffic around the globe, and efforts to break the security of mobile phones and Web infrastructure.
A new survey by the Pew Research Center asked American adults what
they think of the programs, the way they are run and monitored, and
whether they have altered their communication habits and online
activities since learning about the details of the surveillance. The
notable findings in this survey fall into two broad categories: 1) the
ways people have personally responded in light of their awareness of the
government surveillance programs and 2) their views about the way the
programs are run and the people who should be targeted by government
surveillance."
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