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U.S. online strategies to hide information from the government 2015

Share of adults in the United States who have adopted specific online strategies to hide their information from the government as of January 2015

The data describes the share of adults in the U.S. who have adopted specific online strategies to hide their information from the government. During the survey period ending January 2015, it was found that among the 87% of U.S. adults who have heard of the government surveillance programs, 15% have used social media less often.

Changed privacy settings on social media	17
Avoided certain apps	15
Used social media less often	15
Spoke more in person instead of communicating online or over the phone	14
Uninstalled certain apps	13
Avoided certain terms in online communications	13
Unfriended or unfollowed people on social media	13
Have not used certain terms in search engine queries they thought might trigger scrutiny	11
Deleted social media accounts	8
Made more phone calls instead of online communication	8

U.S. online strategies to hide information from the government 2015

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