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The article covers the new threats and new ways hackers try to breack computer systems. But it also mentions the new methodology Norton Internet Security applies when it has to decide if an application can be trusted or not. Well it of course taps on the wisdom of crowds, if many people have a good reputation of the software it must be trustable by others as well.

Numbers are astonishing, the CrimeStoppers progra, in Australia is a successfull security crowdsourcing example: "In Australia, a program called Crime Stoppers has gone a step further in institutionalizing the use of crowdsourcing to solve crime.  On CrimeStoppers.com, the police post wanted criminals and unsolved crime incidents to solicit the help Read More »