You Say Phishing, I Say Ph-What?

Via InternetWeek.com, a survey from the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows that most Americans are sadly un-geekified.

"The Pew Internet and American Life Project (PIP) found that most Internet users haven't a clue about some of the big buzzwords bandied about by the media and technophiles, including "podcasting," and "RSS."

Generally, men were more likely to know the terms than women -- 36 percent of men knew "phishing," for instance, while only 23 percent of women did -- and younger users are more in tune with terms than older surfers. More than half of those in the 18-29 age bracket, for example, were familiar with "adware," but only 31 percent of those 65 and older knew it."

Surprisingly enough, the words that most people are familiar with have to do with security issues of some kind: spam, firewall, spyware, adware. Kind of tells you what folks are having to deal with on a daily basis, does it not?

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