{"id":167223,"date":"2019-10-10T23:09:26","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T15:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1806935\/"},"modified":"2019-10-10T23:09:26","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T15:09:26","slug":"study-majority-of-americans-baffled-by-routine-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/10\/10\/study-majority-of-americans-baffled-by-routine-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: Majority of Americans Baffled By Routine Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Despite our umbilical attachment to digital technology, few Americans have the know-how to effectively protect themselves online.<\/span><\/p>\n

A new study<\/a> by the Pew Research Center suggests that while a majority of adults can correctly answer questions about phishing scams or website cookies, other concepts are more \u2026 challenging.<\/span><\/p>\n

For instance, just 28 percent of participants accurately identified an example of two-factor authentication.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even fewer (24 percent) recognize that private browsing hides your history only from other users of that computer. Nearly half have no idea what the security feature does.<\/span><\/p>\n

“This survey consisted of 10 questions designed to test Americans’ knowledge of a range of digital topics, such as cybersecurity or the business side of social media companies,” according to the Pew report.<\/span><\/p>\n

Only three questions were answered correctly by a majority of adults:<\/span><\/p>\n