A recent survey reveals something very strange – people surveyed said they trust the NSA more than Google. Considering the revelations made in the past about America’s intelligence agency, the results of the survey are truly surprising.
“The federal government and other major agencies may have very different interests in collecting your personal data, but the potential privacy breach is troubling in both cases. With data security and government surveillance constantly in the news, we at Survata decided to measure public concerns,” reads a post on the company’s blog.
The survey was conducted on 2,500 respondents in two parts. The first part measured concern about the NSA and a company like Google gaining access to personal data, and the second part measured concerns about bosses, significant others, and parents.
The results showed that with a score of 7.39 out of 10 respondents are very concerned about whether a company like Google has access to all their personal electronic data, such as their web history, downloads, phone data, and so on.
On the other hand, in the same question, but instead of Google there was the NSA, and people rated their concern with 7.06 out of 10. That is, they trust more an intelligence agency that collects data from everyone, without caring whether someone is innocent or guilty.
The irony of the results
The fact that people are more afraid of Google than the NSA is concerning because, with Google at least we have given our consent by agreeing to the service terms. The terms state this clearly, the data should be collected both for your benefit (for better results and suggestions in the ads served) and for the company's benefit, given that it makes money through advertising. The same can be said about Facebook, Yahoo, Apple, and every major online company. However, we cannot say the same about the NSA.
