Americans fear online robberies more than meatspace muggings

October 21st, 2009

A new survey shows, perhaps unsurprisingly, that more Americans are worried about being robbed online than they are about being mugged in real life. The bi-annual Unisys Security Index found that Americans fear fraudulent use of their personal credit and debit cards significantly more than they fear for their personal safety; and, in a change from the previous March survey, Americans fear for the nation’s security even more than they do the security of their finances. Americans are also much more concerned about pandemic flu viruses than they are computer viruses, and they’re a little less concerned about paying their bills than they were in the first half of the year.