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The Privacy Mismatch: Evolved Intuitions in a Digital World

Although people report grave concern over their data privacy, they take little care to protect it. We suggest that this privacy paradox can be understood in part as the consequence of an evolutionary mismatch: Privacy intuitions evolved in an environment that was radically different from the one fou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Shariff, Azim, Green, Joe, Jettinghoff, William
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8079797/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33994679
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0963721421990355
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Sumario:Although people report grave concern over their data privacy, they take little care to protect it. We suggest that this privacy paradox can be understood in part as the consequence of an evolutionary mismatch: Privacy intuitions evolved in an environment that was radically different from the one found online. This evolved privacy psychology leaves people disconnected from the consequence of online privacy threats.