It’s hardly surprising that the average and not-so-average Internet user can find it difficult to place trust in a website they’re not familiar with. In today’s age of phishing, cross-site scripting and other forms of digital crime, it only takes a minute to log into a replica PayPal website to ‘confirm your security details’ only to hand over access to your hard-earned cash to some low-life scumbag.
Without the convenience of being escorted from website to website by a cyber chaperone, lone surfers are left to take their chances on unfamiliar ground. Surely, by now, some clever entity would have come up with something that can protect the hapless from the evils of the web or at least something that can whisper in their ear, “Pssst, this website is a bit dodgy” or “this website has been established for ages and lots of people think it’s great”.
Would it surprise you, if such a thing already existed and that it was being provided by Google? Narrow your field of vision to this blog for a minute and consider how Google has devised a system based upon peer review to help the you, the consumer, navigate the Internet minefield safely.
