Majority of Americans Say NSA Phone Tracking Is OK To Fight Terrorism 584
An anonymous reader writes "While the tech media has gone wild the past few days with the reports of the NSA tracking Verizon cell usage and creating the PRISM system to peer into our online lives, a new study by Pew Research suggests that most U.S. citizens think it's okay. 62 percent of Americans say losing some personal privacy is acceptable as long as its used to fight terrorism, and 56 percent are okay with the NSA tracking phone calls. Online tracking is fair less popular however, with only 45 percent approving of the practice. The data also shows that the youth are far more opposed to curtailing privacy to fight terror, which could mean trouble for politicians planning to continue these programs in the coming years."
Re:Did anyone need reminding? (Score:5, Funny)
The War on Nose Hair (Score:4, Funny)
Re:DID THIS SPYING PREVENT BOSTON? (Score:5, Funny)
Well, did it?
You have no idea what it has or has not prevented, which is the fact of the matter. For all you know the government thwarted several more 9/11s
Except I know it was really my anti-terror rock that stopped them.
Re:Bull Shit! (Score:4, Funny)
When it comes to groups with normal "bell curve" distribution, there isn't much difference between average and median. Also - given how stupid the median person is, I don't think George expected them to know what median means. Take you, for example :)
Re:Bull Shit! (Score:5, Funny)
Hope you don't 'look' gay...
I look fabulous, thank you very much.
Phone Survey about Phone Spying? (Score:4, Funny)
The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted June 6-9, 2013, among a national sample of 1,004 adults 18 years of age or older living in the continental United States (501 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 503 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 247 who had no landline telephone).
Is it really reasonable to survey the public's opinion of telephone spying via telephone?