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39% Have Taken Steps To Improve Security Post Snowden

An international survey of Internet users polled 23,376 Internet users in 24 countries, and found that Edward Snowden and his leaks have had a profound global impact on security awareness. The survey found that 60% of Internet users have heard of Edward Snowden, and 39% of those "have taken steps to protect their online privacy and security as a result of his revelations."

Security Guru Bruce Schneier complains that many in the media have been downplaying those numbers and shouldn't be, since it shows roughly 700 million have taken steps to improve their security practices:

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I ran the actual numbers country by country, combining data on Internet penetration with data from this survey. Multiplying everything out, I calculate that 706 million people have changed their behavior on the Internet because of what the NSA and GCHQ are doing. (For example, 17% of Indonesians use the Internet, 64% of them have heard of Snowden and 62% of them have taken steps to protect their privacy, which equals 17 million people out of its total 250-million population.)
The survey also found that:

• 83% of users believe that affordable access to the Internet should be a basic human right;

• two thirds (64%) of users are more concerned today about online privacy than they were compared to one year ago; and,

• when given a choice of various governance sources to effectively run the world-wide Internet, a majority (57%) chose the multi-stakeholder option—a “combined body of technology companies, engineers, non-governmental organizations and institutions that represent the interests and will of ordinary citizens, and governments."

That last bit in particular suggests that the NSA's activities can be thanked for an uptick in global concern about ICANN's US-centric approach to Internet governance. For years many countries have been pushing for a global coalition approach to Internet governance, most likely via the ITU.
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Maelish
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Maelish

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Human Right?

Seriously, a human right? Shouldn't we work on clean water and food first?

Packeteers
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Packeteers

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Re: Human Right?

before the internet, most people considered telephone access to be a basic human right.

in 2015 without internet it's far more difficult to get a job, interact with government agencies,
or financial institutions without affordable internet access. i visit my local public library pc lab,
and it's full of adults doing personal business and correspondence, not of kids playing games.
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praetoralpha
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Re: Human Right?

We are working on clean water and food. But in many places, food and water are solved problems. So what do we improve instead?

blackice
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If companies, governments, and other organizations are going to insist on more integration with the internet for their business practices, than yes it should be a human right.

Just recently the town of Lee, MA made their building permit system "All Digital". You MUST use the town of Lee website to apply for a building permit, they do not process paper permits anymore. Whats worse is the Lee website is atrocious, and borderline unusable. (»www.lee.ma.us/) took me nearly 2 hours to apply for a permit.

If we are going to continue to go in this direction, we need to ensure that everyone has equal access to the internet. We can work on fighting poverty and hunger too. America alone is a nation of more than 300million people, we can multitask.

cork1958
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Re: Human Right?

said by blackice:

America alone is a nation of more than 300million people, we can multitask.

Yeah, right!

Most people can't walk and talk at the same time or walk and chew gum!!

PayForIt
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said by Maelish:

Seriously, a human right? Shouldn't we work on clean water and food first?

• 83% of users believe that affordable access to the Internet should be a basic human right;

As long as people think someone else is going to pay for it, it is a human right. But as soon as they have to pay for it themselves, not so much.
WhatNow
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Not the ITU

That last bit in particular suggests that the NSA's activities can be thanked for an uptick in global concern about ICANN's US-centric approach to Internet governance. For years many countries have been pushing for a global coalition approach to Internet governance, most likely via the ITU.

If they think we are doing a bad job wait for 10 years after it goes to an international group like the ITU. Look at the restrictions the EU is putting on the internet. Countries like China, Iran and Russia will demand to be on the board.

StuartMW
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Just like the UN...

said by Karl Bode:

For years many countries have been pushing for a global coalition approach to Internet governance, most likely via the ITU.

And it'll work just as well as the UN That is nothing will get done about anything. Instead enormous amounts of money will be spent on "studies".
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full device encryption

Finally becoming something that is default so at least the device itself is secure. Doesn't help against spooks and their mitm of course but its sure enough to draw ire from everybody from the doj to spooks so its a good thing.

Other
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Google collects more information on you than the government

And Google sells that information to the highest bidder. Guess you have to consider who you really watch out for.