How Data Privacy Blunders and Conspiracy Theories Helped Fuel the ‘Techlash’

Smartphone addiction, data privacy blunders, and a growth-at-all costs mentality has led to public backlash against the tech industry that some refer to as “techlash.”

That rising skepticism was the focus of heated debate at Fortune‘s Brainstorm Tech conference on Tuesday in Aspen, Colo. Is the tech industry good, bad—or both? …

A new survey of nearly 3,000 people by online polling firm SurveyMonkey and Fortune found that people 18 to 24 “are the most apt to be online constantly, and also the least likely to say they think about their personal privacy every time they use the web.” CONT.

Jonathan Vanian, Fortune