Survey: People in their 20s are more likely to sell their data

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Survey: People in their 20s are more likely to sell their data

For all the flack the elder generation's taken as of late, it turns out that millennials and Gen Z-ers are more likely to sell their data for a few bucks than boomers are.

This is according to research published by TheBestVPN, a virtual private network service provider. In a recent study titled "Putting a Price on Privacy" researchers surveyed 1,002 people to determine their views on personal data and privacy.

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Respondents were asked if they'd ever considered selling their data, how much they thought certain types of data were worth, and whether they took any steps to protect their privacy or data.

On the plus side, nearly 94 percent of all respondents said they did take steps to protect their data. But, on the negative side: more than half of those people just meant they used passwords and changed them from time to time. Only 48 percent used two-factor authentication and only 18 percent used encrypted messaging services.

It gets worse. Of those surveyed, few give a crap about protecting their personally identifiable data. Check out this chart about what data peop

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