http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/cybercrime-sucks-for-criminal.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 21:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/cybercrime-sucks-for-criminal.html#comment-1412919 Guest Thu, 03 May 2012 14:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158231#comment-1412919 Certainly we should be as worried about these phishers as our elders were of dippers, flimps, and mutchers. Certainly we should be as worried about these phishers as our elders were of dippers, flimps, and mutchers.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/cybercrime-sucks-for-criminal.html#comment-1412883 redfood Thu, 03 May 2012 13:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158231#comment-1412883 It wouldn't surprise me if the figures are over inflated.  But choosing a random sample and then extrapolating is an accepted statistical technique for estimation.  Choosing a representative sample and asking the right questions is difficult but the approach is sound. Also this quote, "… since no one can claim negative losses, the error can't be canceled."  People can (and probably do) underreport or fail to report losses.  It wouldn’t surprise me if the figures are over inflated.  But choosing a random sample and then extrapolating is an accepted statistical technique for estimation.  Choosing a representative sample and asking the right questions is difficult but the approach is sound.
Also this quote, “… since no one can claim negative losses, the error can’t be canceled.”  People can (and probably do) underreport or fail to report losses. 

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