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Reboot: Public hiding email, texts, Internet habits from snooping Feds

By Paul Bedard

Published March 16, 2015 2:40pm ET

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Reboot: Public hiding email, texts, Internet habits from snooping Feds — An extraordinary new survey finds that public concern is high over Uncle Sam’s surveillance of online and cellphone communications and about a third have taken steps to hide their electronic communications to avoid government surveillance. A Pew Research Center survey also found that while the public doesn’t want Washington snooping on their communications, emails and […]

An extraordinary new survey finds that public concern is high over Uncle Sam’s surveillance of online and cellphone communications and about a third have taken steps to hide their electronic communications to avoid government surveillance.

A Pew Research Center survey also found that while the public doesn’t want Washington snooping on their communications, emails and Facebook entries, they support surveillance of terrorists and even American leaders.

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