UK citizens confused by security terminology probably get the same results or worse in US


Many people in the UK don't understand terms commonly used for Internet scams and hacking attacks, a study suggests.

A survey conducted by Populus and entitled "Do you speak geek?" revealed that words, such as phishing, rogue dialler, Trojan and spyware were often a mystery to 1,000 people questioned, of whom over half were Internet users.