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Submitted: January 29, 2011 - 12:40pm
Originally published: January 29, 2011
Last updated: January 29, 2011 - 12:50pm
Originally published: January 29, 2011
Last updated: January 29, 2011 - 12:50pm
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GigaOm
Author:
Mathew Ingram
We are all concerned about online privacy, but not enough to do much about it, apparently. Americans are more afraid of having their online privacy violated in some way than they are about declaring bankruptcy or losing their jobs, according to a new survey from Opera Software and market-research company YouGov that was released today to coincide with Data Privacy Day. But despite these fears, fewer than two-thirds of those surveyed used safe passwords, only about half deleted their browsing history, and just 15 percent used software that made it difficult for websites to collect personal information. Which raises the question: as more web browsers like Firefox and IE9 are offering “do not track” options for users, will anyone actually use them?
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