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Networked Privacy in the Age ofSurveillance, Sousveillance,

Coveillance

Lee Rainie (@lrainie)

irector, !nternet, Science, and "echnology ResearchPew Research Center

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#$ Privacy is not .inary / conte0t 1atters


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%$ Personal control / agency 1atters


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&$ "rade*o2s are 3art of the .argain


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4$ "he young are 1ore focused on

networked 3rivacy than their elders


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'$ 5any know they do notknow what is going on


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6$ Peo3le are growing ho3elessand their trust is fading


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"he .alance of forces has shifted in the world ofnetworked infor1ation that is

3ersistent, scala.le, searcha.le, s3reada.le 77 created and shared .y networked individuals****

"he new reality is that 3eo3le are +3u.lic .y

default and 3rivate .y e2ort-

** danah .oyd


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8n a ty3ical day, how 1uch controldo you have over infor1ation that iscollected a.out you and how it is

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4:; say +a lot- or +so1e-

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Surveillance


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1onitoring of 3hone calls and internetco11unications$

'4; of adults have .eco1e less

con?dent over ti1e that thesurveillance 3rogra1s are serving the3u.lic interest$


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o you think the courts and udgesdo a good o. .alancing the 3u.lic>sright to 3rivacy and the needs of law

enforce1ent and intelligenceagencies to collect infor1ation forinvestigations9

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6=; of internet users .elieve currentlaws are not good enough in 3rotecting3eo3le>s 3rivacy online and %4; .elieve

current laws 3rovide reasona.le3rotections$

64; .elieve the govern1ent should do

1ore to regulate advertisers, co13aredwith &4; who think the govern1entshould not get 1ore involved$


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''; +agree- or +strongly agree- withthe state1entD +! a1 willing to shareso1e infor1ation a.out 1yself withco13anies in order to use onlineservices for free$-


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Privacy strategies that 3eo3le don>t

know a.out

&; don>t know a.out anony1itysoftware such as "or

&:; don>t know a.out using locally*networked co11unications such asEireChat

don>t know a.out e1ail

encry3tion

don>t know a.out 3rivacyenhancing .rowser 3lug*ins such as

oNot"rack5e or Privacy Gadger


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Sousveillance


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ow con?dent are you that your


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ow con?dent are you that yourrecords at these co13anies will

re1ain safe and 3rivate9

8nline advertisers

Social 1edia

Search engines

Retailers

F1ail 3rovider

Cell tele3hone

Hovern1ent agenciesCa.le "I

Landline tele3hone

Credit card


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Accessing govern1ent data

&:; have done this for Eederalgovern1ent infor1ation

&4; have done this for state govern1ent

infor1ation &%; have done this for local govern1ent

infor1ation

"his co1es to 6:; of adults who used theinternet or an a33 to access govern1entinfor1ation or data across the three levelsof govern1ent$


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"rans3arency de1ands

'; of res3ondents think the Eederalgovern1ent very e2ectively shares the data itcollects with the general 3u.lic, with another&; saying this is done so1ewhat e2ectively$

'; of res3ondents say their state govern1entvery e2ectively shares data with the general3u.lic, with another 44; saying their statedoes this so1ewhat e2ectively$

:; of res3ondents say their local govern1entshare data very e2ectively, with another 4';saying this is done so1ewhat e2ectively$


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Coveillance


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=6; of internet users try to .eanony1ous at least occasionally

'; do not .elieve it is 3ossi.le to.e co13letely anony1ous online,while &:; of the1 .elieve it is3ossi.le$


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Personal information online% of adult internet users who say this information about them is available online

our 3olitical 3arty / aJliation

Iideo of you

our ho1e 3hone nu1.er

our cell nu1.er

hich grou3s / orgs you .elong to

our ho1e address

gs you>ve written using your na1e

e13loyer / co13any you work for

our e1ail address

our .irth date

A 3hoto of you


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Wo users tr! to a"oid% of adult internet users who say they have used the internet in ways to avoidbeing observed or seen by

Law enforce1ent

"he govern1ent

Co13anies / 3eo3le who run the we.site you visited

Co13anies / 3eo3le who 1ight want 3ay1ent for ?les you download

F13loyer, su3ervisor, coworkers

Ea1ily 1e1.ers or ro1antic 3artner

Peo3le who 1ight criticiKe / harass you

Peo3le fro1 your 3ast

Certain friends

Advertisers

(ackers or cri1inals


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#oung adults are te most li$el! to


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#oung adults are te most li$el! toa"e ad maor &ro'lems wit &ersonal

information and identit!

ad e1ail or SNS account co13ro1ised or taken over without 3er1ission


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6%; adults have ever used a searchengine to look u3 their own na1e orsee what infor1ation a.out the1 is

on the internet 4:; say they generally assu1e that

3eo3le they 1eet will search for

infor1ation a.out the1 on theinternet


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hen asked if they feel as though theirown e2orts to 3rotect the 3rivacy of their3ersonal infor1ation online are suJcient,

6#; say they feel as though they +wouldlike to do 1ore,- while &:; say they+already do enough$-

==; of adults +agree- (4;) or +strongly

agree- (&;) that it would .e very diJcultto re1ove inaccurate infor1ation a.outthe1 online$


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Euture 3u.lic reaction9


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"hank you

Lee Rainie

lrainie@3ewinternet$org@lrainie

@3ewinternet

@3ewresearch
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]

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