2 in 3 US Consumers Don’t Care Whether Or Not Their Devices are Recording All the Time
While most major smart home devices and smartphones explicitly state they are not always listening, many consumers express a lack of concern. The Safety.com research team conducted a survey of 1,091 U.S. residents, asking them if they cared whether their smart home devices were always listening.
Study found that:
- 66.7% of people responded that they don’t care whether their home devices are always listening.
- Women are more concerned about their smart devices listening than men by a margin of over 7%.
- Millennials and Gen Z age brackets are far less concerned about smart devices listening to them all the time than people in the Baby Boomer age bracket. Gen X is evenly spread.
- Regionality played a small part in respondents’ beliefs. People located in more tech-dominant cities and areas are less concerned about smart devices listening than people in less tech-dominant cities and areas by approximately 6-10% depending on the location.
