whistelOut: 92% of Americans are worried about their personal data being hijacked or spied on, but many won’t take basic steps to protect themselves. “Americans’ personal data has never been more at risk. While you keep ever-increasing amounts of your life online, scammers are leveraging weak passwords, AI tricks, and data breaches to find new ways to hack your information. However, bad actors aren’t the only problem in this space. An even more insidious threat is the data you’re voluntarily giving away. Your browser cookies, smart home devices, online shopping habits, social media activity, and favorite apps are all being tracked by major tech companies to sell off your information to the highest bidder. The consequences of this can stretch from identity theft to an invasion of your privacy by tech companies and government agencies. It may one day even help businesses use AI-enabled surveillance pricing to drive up the costs of things you want. The good news is that most people know about threats to their data. In fact, 92% of Americans are concerned about their personal data being collected by websites and apps. The bad news is that many Americans don’t care enough to try to stop it, with around 40% of these same people never reviewing the privacy policies of their devices, apps, or the websites they visit. Here at WhistleOut, we’ve grown more concerned about data privacy. With massive data breaches in the news and controversies surrounding smart home devices like Ring doorbells, we wanted to understand how Americans feel about their online personal data. We polled 1,000 American adults about their data security habits to find out…”