Microsoft researchers Dinei Florencio and Cormac Herley have questioned the accuracy of most cybercrime surveys. But are their conclusions right? Are they right? Yes. Cybercrime surveys are so riddled with statistical distortions the answers they glean are probably about as reliable as asking the average American Don Juan how many sexual partners he’s slept with, a Microsoft research paper has calculated. In Sex, Lies and Cybercrime Surveys authors use analogy of common errors found in sex surveys to illustrate a similar problem in many cybercrime studies.”]
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