54.7 percent of Romanians say they wouldn’t give up part of their rights and liberties to have more personal security, while 31.7 percent would do that, an INSCOP survey commissioned by Adevarul daily reveal.
The same poll shows that 53.3 percent of the respondents don’t think their phone was tapped. 30.3 percent believe this, while 16.2 percent do not answer or do not know.
On the other hand, 53.7 percent of the Romanians say they are more afraid of lawbreakers than the state institutions and of the possibility of them tapping their conversations by phone or e-mail. 27 percent fear more state institutions than offenders.
53.4 percent said they’ve heard about the row over cyber security laws in Parliament, which have been ruled out by the Constitutional Court, while 39.3 percent said they did not hear about it.
Instead, 70 percent of the Romanians have heard about George Maior’s resignation from the helm of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI). 35 percent of those respondents think that he quitted due to pressures of those persons who are discontent with the SRI’s involvement in the anti-corruption fight. 15.6 percent believe his resignation is caused by the CC ruling against cyber security laws, while 11.7 percent think Maior resigned over his disagreements with President Klaus Iohannis. 11.6 percent think that his resignation came following personal reasons.