Abstract:

This review will analyse the article ‘Software Security and Privacy Risk in Mobile E-commerce’ in the online journal of Communications of the ACM. This review will first summarise the article. Secondly, it will look at the effectiveness of the article’s structure, the arrangement of the information and reader ease of access.Thirdly, the review will critique the article, authority, accuracy, currency, objectivity and its relevance. The review will analyse the strategy presented by the author. The article was useful, clear and important

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