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November 28, 2014

What's your Internet IQ? Here's a quick quiz

  • Techies say a lot of people who rely on the convenience of technology have little understanding of the risks.
    • By ANNE FLAHERTY
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — Most people can recognize Microsoft founder Bill Gates and know that hashtags belong in tweets, but are confused about whether having a privacy policy means that a company actually keeps consumer information confidential, according to a new Pew Research study released this week.

    The results underscore what many techies say is a growing problem for the U.S.: a generation reliant on the convenience that technology brings, but with little understanding of the risks of conducting nearly every transaction using zeroes and ones.


     
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