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What's behind the generation gap in attitudes about digital privacy

Using a smartphone and a laptop at Starbucks
Using a smartphone and a laptop at Starbucks.
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Today we're looking at personal privacy in the social media and Internet age. Do your searches reveal more about you than you intend to share? Does buying a gift card with cash flag you as a possible criminal?

Privacy concerns show a generational divide. Amanda Lenhart of the Pew Research Center's 2014 Chautauqua Lecture is titled, "What Americans Think About Privacy, and Why Their Kids Think Differently."