Stronger policing needed to keep digital highways secure

As consumers of information and communication, most of us are victims of a daily barrage of pesky telemarketers. They think nothing of using our mobile phones as free soliciting devices. Then there are the criminals who use voice calls, and messaging for robbing us of our hard-earned money. Considering the scale of the problem, the government is just not doing enough.

The worst offenders using telemarketers are banks, insurance companies and builders. As for criminal fraudsters, the preferred entry line keeps changing – from facilitating an MSME loan for a fee, to posing as a courier company threatening to report a non-existent package of drugs.