By Iain Thomson, 22 Oct 2014
A survey into what Americans fear most has shown that fears of identity theft and being unsafe online outweigh the fear of being shot and killed by a random stranger.
The poll of 1,500 Americans conducted by Chapman University found that walking alone down a dark street is the situation that has Americans most fearful, beating out the fear of identity theft and the fear of being unsafe online. Fourth in the list was getting shot in a mass shooting or by a random gun owner. Fear of public speaking came in fifth.
When survey participants were asked about things that concernedthem, however, rather than what actually induced fear, identity theft got the top spot. And corporate surveillance of their online activity came in second place, ahead of running out of money. Government surveillance was in fourth place, followed by becoming sick – which, given the lamentable state of US healthcare and its extortionate cost, is somewhat surprising.
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