Return-Path: <sentto-279987-3982-1007080811-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 29 Nov 2001 16:43:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 6664 invoked by uid 510); 30 Nov 2001 00:40:39 -0000 Received: from n24.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.74) by all.net with SMTP; 30 Nov 2001 00:40:39 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-3982-1007080811-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [10.1.4.54] by n24.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 30 Nov 2001 00:40:14 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 30 Nov 2001 00:40:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 54893 invoked from network); 30 Nov 2001 00:40:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.172) by m10.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 30 Nov 2001 00:40:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta2.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 30 Nov 2001 00:40:12 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id fAU0g8r14670 for iwar@onelist.com; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 16:42:08 -0800 Message-Id: <200111300042.fAU0g8r14670@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 16:42:08 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Consumers.Still.Worried.About.Security.Of.E-Shopping] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Consumers Still Worried About Security Of E-Shopping By Mike Koller, InternetWeek, 11/29/2001 <a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cmp/20011127/tc/inw20011127s0003_1.html">http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cmp/20011127/tc/inw20011127s0003_1.html> Online shopping may be convenient, but it has yet to win the hearts and minds of many who fear their private information will be compromised or stolen outright. Online shopping may be convenient, but it has yet to win the hearts and minds of many who fear their private information will be compromised or stolen outright. According to a Jupiter Media Metrix survey, fears persist about the security of credit card numbers and personal information among those who online, as well as offline. According to the survey, 59 percent of shoppers who eschew online purchases for trips to brick-and-mortar stores are afraid their credit card data will be pilfered. More than half -- 54 percent -- said they are worried their information will be sold to other merchants. Consumers' concerns about fraud are legitimate because they will act on their perceptions, said Jupiter Rja Dhinsa. "And their fears are valid because some of the technologies are unproven," he said. "From time to time you do hear about credit card databases being accessed and cards being stolen, so until security improves, you'll see that fear remain." Shoppers are also reluctant to have their personal information peddled to marketers online. Buyers' information is often sold by brick-and-mortar institutions, and consumers have good reason to be wary of the practice being replicated online, Dhinsa said. "Consumers have a frustration level in terms of their information being shared, and that will just continue to increase," he said. "Until they can be assured their information will be confidential, this will be an obstacle that will make them hesitate to provide their information online," he said. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Universal Inkjet Refill Kit $29.95 Refill any ink cartridge for less! Includes black and color ink. http://us.click.yahoo.com/gwUrIA/MkNDAA/ySSFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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