Security News > 2016 > August > Research on the Timing of Security Warnings (Schneier on Security)

fMRI experiments show that we are more likely to ignore security warnings when they interrupt other tasks. A new study from BYU, in collaboration with Google Chrome engineers, finds the status quo of warning messages appearing haphazardly­ -- while people are typing, watching a video, uploading files, etc.­ -- results in up to 90 percent of users disregarding them. Researchers...

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