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SF new column announcement: Users inundated with pop-ups, by Scott Granneman


From: Daniel Hanson <dhanson () securityfocus com>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 09:01:48 -0700


I don't normally forward these on, but I believe that this is a bothersome trend where security software is training 
users to just agree, without regard to what they are actually doing.  
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The following column was published on SecurityFocus 

Users inundated with pop-ups
by Scott Granneman
2005-12-12

There are many examples where users are now being inundated with pop-up 
messages asking them to respond to things they don't know about or don't 
understand, and it leads to weaker security overall.

http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/374


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