Stark security warnings are routinely ignored, according to a new study by Brigham Young University, which also cast interesting insight in what people’s reactions are when they realize their computer has been compromised, according to News Room America.
Researchers Anthony Vance, Bonnie Anderson and Brock Kirwan, carried out the experiment to assess people’s attitude to online risk, and how they behave when presented with dangerous scenarios. Subjects were initially asked to quantify how they felt about online security, but this was followed up by a ‘seemingly unrelated task’ where participants were required to login to a website on their own computers to categorize pictures of Batman as either photographed or animated.
Study shows how subjects respond to security warnings... and being 'hacked'
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