[Social-discuss] How Different are Young Adults from Older Adults When it Comes to Information Privacy Attitudes and Policies?

[Hellekin O. Wolf]

I was pointed to a paper "How Different are Young Adults from Older
Adults When it Comes to Information Privacy Attitudes and Policies?"

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1589864

Two relevant points from the abstract for those who won't read it,
beyond the fact that the study didn't find significant differences
between young older adults regarding privacy (emphasis mine):

42 percent of young Americans answered all of our five online privacy
questions *incorrectly*. 88 percent answered only two or fewer
correctly. The problem is even more pronounced when presented with
offline privacy issues – post hoc analysis showed that young Americans
were more likely to answer no questions correctly than any other age
group.

We conclude then that young-adult Americans have *an aspiration for
increased privacy* even while they participate in an online reality
that is optimized to increase their revelation of personal data. 

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hk