Study: People Ignore Online Computer Security Warnings

How many times have you been at your computer and seen a message flash across the screen warning that the site you are about to visit could be a threat to your security? A trio of researchers at Brigham Young University in Utah wanted to dig deeper into the psychology of people who ignore those messages — which is many of us a lot of the time. Many people, they say, claim to care about computer security but behave in ways that put themselves at risk for getting viruses and other...

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