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When people ask for security holes as features Aug 22, 2005

Thinking about security:
… I went to install the driver, the instructions actually said something to the tune of “Ignore this warning box, it doesn’t mean anything important. Continue clicking OK on every screen until the driver finishes installing.”

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Phishing and Usable Security Jul 25, 2005

From Cryptogram: a paper from Rachna Dhamija and Doug Tygar researchers at the University of California Berkeley outlines a scheme to improve the tools in the hands of the users to fight the problem of phishing.
They describe a couple of protocols, to be implemented by the browser and the server which can augment the [...]

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