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20% of the population consciously avoids online activities already due to privacy and surveillance concerns citation needed.

• dredmorbius 10y ago
  Actually I got that wrong, the number is 29%. The 20% figure applies to those who are aware of fraudulent credit card activity. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/05/13/new-government-data-shows-a-staggering-number-of-americans-have-stopped-basic-online-activities/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/05/13... "Nearly one in two Internet users say privacy and security concerns have now stopped them from doing basic things online — such as posting to social networks, expressing opinions in forums or even buying things from websites, according to a new government survey released Friday. This chilling effect, pulled out of a survey of 41,000 U.S. households who use the Internet, show the insecurity of the Web is beginning to have consequences that stretch beyond the direct fall-out of an individual losing personal data in breach. The research suggests some consumers are reaching a tipping point where they feel they can no longer trust using the Internet for everyday activities." More: https://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2016/lack-trust-internet-privacy-and-security-may-deter-economic-and-other-online-activities https://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2016/lack-trust-internet-priva...