Public majorities consistently favor stronger privacy protections in surveys

Evidence

In forty-six of the most prominent forty-eight surveys administered between 2008 and 2017, substantial majorities support measures for enhanced privacy and user control over personal data. (Only two early surveys were somewhat less conclusive, because so many participants indicated that they did not understand how or what personal information was being gathered.) Indeed, by 2008 it was well established that the more knowledge one has about “internet privacy practices,” the more one is likely to be very concerned about privacy. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1074

Categorization

• QUESTION: The survey data is striking but compressed — worth chasing the underlying studies to verify the 46-of-48 and the knowledge-correlation claim.
• XREF: connects to: Fearful publics endorse broad surveillance since safety outweighs privacy; Perceived threat makes the public accept surveillance over privacy — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2332; Overwhelming US majorities favor rights-to-be-forgotten style data control — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 188 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Fearful publics endorse broad surveillance since safety outweighs privacy #contradicts (0.85)
• Perceived threat makes the public accept surveillance over privacy #contradicts (0.85) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2332
• Overwhelming US majorities favor rights-to-be-forgotten style data control #exemplifies (0.85) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 188