Internet companies, retailers and the government must do far more to protect people from the dangers of the “lawless Wild West” of cyberspace, an influential group of British Members of Parliament said on Friday.
In a critical report, the MPs said the government and industry have a “laissez-faire” approach to online crime that could lead to an “economically disastrous” loss of public confidence in the Internet.
With computer fraud growing more sophisticated, people have little hope of protecting themselves alone, the House of Lords’ Science and Technology Committee said.
Source: washingtonpost.com
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