People Trust the Internet More Than Who They’re Dating

Despite the alarming number of us that have been duped by fake news and Russian hackers, it appears we still trust the internet. A survey of 2,000 Americans found it takes the majority of us just 20 seconds to determine if an email is safe before opening it, 28 seconds to find out if an online form is safe before inputting personal information, and half a minute to decide if a website is safe enough to make credit card purchases. This might not seem like a big deal, but a quarter of us have had personal information stolen online and one in five have been hacked. And the strange this is, we still trust technology more than we trust each other.