Consumer Reports to consider cyber security in product ratings

Cybersecurity seems to be a growing concern of consumers of digital devices. Image source: Shutterstock (#545322565)

Consumer Reports, a US organization conducting reviews for all kinds of products, plans on taking into account cyber security and protection of privacy for their ratings. Working closely with outside organizations to build a system to correctly assess security properties of products, the non-profit group wants to give manufacturers an incentive to emphasize customer security. The first draft covers problems of which software is used by companies, and how consumer information is gathered.

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