Government and misuse of technology are most feared by Americans

Americans don’t trust that technology will be kept out of the hands of bad guys.

 Forget about zombies, vampires, and ghosts. Americans don’t fear things that go bump-in-the-night as much as they do their own government. The annual Survey of Fear conducted by Chapman University asked Americans about their level of fear in 88 different topics ranging from crime, the government, disasters, personal anxieties, technology, and others.  The majority of Americans said that they are “afraid” or “very afraid” of the corruption of government officials.

One of American’s greatest fears is government-sponsored spying
The misuse of technology, financial crime, and privacy-related issues took up half of the Top 10 fears of 2015. After two years of high-profile data breaches and the revelations of government spying from the Edward Snowden leaks, it’s not too surprising. Here’s the list:
•    Corruption of government officials (58.0%)
•    Cyber-terrorism (44.8%)
•    Corporate tracking of personal information (44.6%)
•    Terrorist attacks (44.4%)
•    Government tracking of personal information (41.4%)
•    Bio-warfare (40.9%)
•    Identity theft (39.6%)
•    Economic collapse (39.2%)
•    Running out of money in the future (37.4%)
•    Credit card fraud (36.9%)