Security Certificate Warnings Don't Work

angry tapir writes "In a laboratory experiment, researchers found that between 55 percent and 100 percent of participants ignored certificate security warnings, depending on which browser they were using (different browsers use different language to warn their users). The researchers first conducted an online survey of more than 400 Web surfers, to learn what they thought about certificate warnings. They then brought 100 people into a lab and studied how they surf the Web. They found that people often had a mixed-up understanding of certificate warnings. For example, many thought they could ignore the messages when visiting a site they trust, but that they should be more wary at less-trustworthy sites."

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Re:'People' don't understand computers

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"Us experts"...bahaha...slashdot commenters...hahahahaha...oh, my sides are hurting, make it stop, make it stop!

And I love how you condescend to include the "average" girl in the elite ranks of "us". Novices should really stop getting so much disrespect dumped on them. "Us experts" BAHAHAHAH ow ow it's starting again...HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA