President Trump's signing of bill overturning the FCC's planned internet privacy protections, allowing ISPs to track and sell consumers' online information to third parties with greater ease has generated a storm among privacy advocates. It also prompted AnchorFree, the company behind the Hotspot Shield VPN, to carry out a survey of over 2,000 US consumers to gauge sentiment toward the internet and privacy. Among key findings are that over two-thirds of Americans (68 percent) belive internet access is a privilege while only 32 percent think it's a human right. Of those that think access is a privilege, 42 percent say…
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