Heads up:  

A worldwide survey has been just released by Microsoft at the Davos World Economic Forum annual confab:

"Views from around the globe: 2nd Annual Report on How Personal Technology is Changing our Lives"

http://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2015/01/19/views-around-globe-2nd-annual-report-personal-technology-changing-lives/

Press release headline:
"Digital divergence: Microsoft poll shows striking differences in attitudes toward technology between Internet users in developing and developed countries"

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/digital-divergence-microsoft-poll-shows-striking-differences-in-attitudes-toward-technology-between-internet-users-in-developing-and-developed-countries-300022058.html

"Full survey" at http://mscorp.blob.core.windows.net/mscorpmedia/2015/01/2015DavosPollFINAL.pdf

Summary: Majority view is that the changes are good, but "If there is one persistent concern about personal technology that nearly everybody expresses, it is privacy."

John Niles
Global Telematics
Seattle
206-781-4475