Security professionals gave a large collective sigh of sadness this past weekend when BoingBoing published this headline by Cory Doctorow: “Half of Americans reluctant to shop online due to privacy & security fears.” Sarcastic remarks like “No kidding” and “You don’t say” floated through the infosec ether. Why? Because anyone who has studied information security for more than a decade has probably predicted this kind of news at least once. I will cite some examples in a moment, but first let’s be clear on why this particular piece of news is significant. The short answer is this: the US government has admitted things are going downhill in cyberspace, and published solid statistical evidence to back that claim.
Privacy and security fears - predictably - impact US online commerce
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