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interests and skills. Such focused groups already help various
professional activities, including nding people in the com-
munity with the right skills. is will continue to strengthen,
with additional focus groups solely focusing on crowdsourced
testing.
5. Newer groups such as the government will show interest in
crowdsourced testing. Disciplines such as the government
are usually very closed from a standpoint of information secu-
rity, although they want to promote transparency among the
community at large. As crowdsourced testing becomes more
popular and the practices mature, alleviating some ex ...