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Popup Study Confirms Most Users Are Idiots

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the at-my-office-they-all-are dept.

danieltdp writes "Testing students at a University, psychologists made many of them click on a dialog box that in effect said: 'You are about to install some malware. Malware is bad. By clicking yes you are failing the Windows Darwin Test.' Nearly half of them said all they cared about was getting rid of these dialogs."

3 of 568 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Summary is WRONG by megamerican · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Taco's starting the drinking early today.

    Or has yet to stop from last night. :)

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  2. Re:Summary is WRONG by jemtallon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Anyone else misread that as "tacos started the drinking?"

  3. Re:stuff by BitterAndDrunk · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    There is plenty to drink about these days...

    Been that way for a while, if you ask me

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