Only 37% of Online Adults Believe They Can Use the Internet Anonymously

Based on everything they know and have heard about the internet, only 37% of American internet and smartphone users believe it’s possible for someone to use the internet completely anonymously, so that none of their online activities can be easily traced back to them. That’s one of the takeaways from a new study [pdf] by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, which also finds growing concerns regarding the amount of personal data available on the internet. (more…)