[governance] Majority Of Americans Don't Mind Being Spied Upon, Pew Study Finds
Chaitanya Dhareshwar
chaitanyabd at gmail.com
Tue Jun 11 11:38:08 EDT 2013
Or most countries for that matter, its basically a joke :)
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Simon Ontoyin <exigencygh at gmail.com> wrote:
> 1,004 is by no means a statistically sound representation of the number of
> people living in the USA.
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:
>
>>
>> http://www.people-press.org/2013/06/10/majority-views-nsa-phone-tracking-as-acceptable-anti-terror-tactic/2/
>>
>> ABOUT THE SURVEY
>> 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 ... etc etc
>>
>>
>> Pew's considered good.
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>> On Jun 12, 2013, at 12:22 AM, Simon Ontoyin wrote:
>>
>> > A contagiously hilarious study. 100 people?
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 5:48 AM, Riaz K Tayob <riaz.tayob at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Majority Of Americans Don't Mind Being Spied Upon, Pew Study Finds
>> >
>> > <picture-5.jpg>
>> > Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/10/2013 17:48 -0400
>> >
>> >
>> > In what is likely the most disappointing, if not unexpected, news of
>> the day, we find that according to a just released Pew Research study, a
>> substantial majority, or 56% of Americans, "say the National Security
>> Agency’s (NSA) program tracking the telephone records of millions
>> of Americans is an acceptable way for the government to investigate
>> terrorism." Only 41% object to having every phone conversation intercepted,
>> investigated, analyzed, and recorded for posterity. Sorry Edward Snowden:
>> you just threw your life away for nothing. The sheep have been properly and
>> thoroughly conditioned and brainwashed, which is why they continue to get
>> precisely the government they so rightfully deserve.
>> >
>> > <6-10-13-1.png>
>> >
>> > More from Pew:
>> >
>> > The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center and The
>> Washington Post, conducted June 6-9 among 1,004 adults, finds no
>> indications that last week’s revelations of the government’s collection of
>> phone records and internet data have altered fundamental public views about
>> the tradeoff between investigating possible terrorism and protecting
>> personal privacy.
>> >
>> > It just gets better:
>> >
>> > <6-10-13-3.png>Currently 62% say it is more important for the federal
>> government to investigate possible terrorist threats, even if that intrudes
>> on personal privacy. Just 34% say it is more important for the government
>> not to intrude on personal privacy, even if that limits its ability to
>> investigate possible terrorist threats.
>> >
>> >
>> > These opinions have changed little since an ABC News/Washington Post
>> survey in January <6-10-13-2.png>2006. Currently, there are only modest
>> partisan differences in these opinions: 69% of Democrats say it is more
>> important for the government to investigate terrorist threats, even at the
>> expense of personal privacy, as do 62% of Republicans and 59% of
>> independents.
>> >
>> >
>> > However, while six-in-ten or more in older age groups say it is more
>> important to investigate terrorism even if it intrudes on privacy, young
>> people are divided: 51% say investigating terrorism is more important while
>> 45% say it is more important for the government not to intrude on personal
>> privacy, even if that limits its ability to investigate possible threats.
>> >
>> > The survey finds that while there are apparent differences between the
>> NSA surveillance programs under the Bush and Obama administrations, overall
>> public reactions to both incidents are similar. Currently, 56% say it is
>> acceptable that the NSA “has been getting secret court orders to track
>> telephone calls of millions of Americans in an effort to investigate
>> terrorism.”
>> >
>> > In January 2006, a few weeks after initial new reports of the Bush
>> administration’s surveillance program, 51% said it was acceptable for the
>> NSA to investigate “people suspected of involvement with terrorism by
>> secretly listening in on telephone calls and reading e-mails between some
>> people in the United States and other countries, without first getting
>> court approval to do so.”
>> >
>> > Perhaps least surprising is that once the most vocal objector to
>> "Dubya" pervasive surveillance, the Democrats, are now its most ardent
>> defenders. And so once again, political party line stupidity trumps common
>> sense.
>> >
>> > Republicans and Democrats have had very different views of the two
>> operations. Today, only about half of Republicans (52%) say it is
>> acceptable for the NSA to obtain court orders to track phone call records
>> of millions of Americans to investigate terrorism. In January 2006, fully
>> 75% of Republicans said it was acceptable for the NSA to investigate
>> suspected terrorists by listing in on phone calls and reading emails
>> without court approval.
>> >
>> >
>> > <6-10-13-4.png>
>> >
>> >
>> > Democrats now view the NSA’s phone surveillance as acceptable by 64% to
>> 34%. In January 2006, by a similar margin (61% to 36%), Democrats said it
>> was unacceptable for the NSA to scrutinize phone calls and emails of
>> suspected terrorists.
>> >
>> > Of course, if the president was Romney, his head would already be on a
>> stick. Metaphorically speaking of course.
>> >
>> > Finally, the biggest danger to America it appears is not a turnkey
>> totalitarian tyrant, but broad apathy as it turns out only one in four
>> follow NSA News "very closely." The other 3 in 4 are far more concerned
>> with who gets to fake-wed the fake-bachelorette this season, or who is the
>> victor of Dancing with the Stars.
>> >
>> > Roughly a quarter (27%) of Americans say they are following news about
>> the government collecting Verizon phone records very closely. This is a
>> relatively modest level of public interest. Only another 21% say they are
>> following this fairly closely, while about half say they are following not
>> too (17%) or not at all (35%) closely.
>> >
>> >
>> > Interest in reports about the government tracking of e-mail and online
>> activities is almost identical: 26% say they are following this story very
>> closely, 33% not closely at all.
>> >
>> >
>> > Attention to these stories is higher among Republicans and
>> Republican-leaning independents: 32% are following reports about the
>> government tracking phone records very closely, compared with 24% of
>> Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents. The partisan gap in interest
>> is almost identical when it comes to reports about government collecting
>> email and other online information: 30% of Republicans and
>> Republican-leaners are following very closely compared with 20% of
>> Democrats and Democratic-leaners.
>> >
>> >
>> > Overall, those who disagree with the government’s data monitoring are
>> following the reports somewhat more closely than those who support them.
>> Among those who find the government’s tracking of phone records to be
>> unacceptable, 31% are following the story very closely, compared with 21%
>> among those who say it is acceptable. Similarly with respect to reports
>> about government monitoring of email and online activities, 28% of those
>> who say this should not be done are following the news very closely,
>> compared with 23% of those who approve of the practice.
>> >
>> > Those who wish to be even more depressed can read on here.
>> >
>> > As for Edward Snowden, hopefully this will teach you to throw away your
>> life to liberate a bloated and apathetic society that couldn't care less if
>> the slaughter-gate was slammed shut behind it, and just wants to have its
>> rose-colored blinders on in perpetuity.
>> >
>> > Average:
>> > 4.52
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