Title :
Scaring and Bullying People into Security Won´t Work
Author_Institution :
Univ. Coll. London, London, UK
Abstract :
Users will pay attention to reliable and credible indicators of risks they want to avoid. Security mechanisms with a high false positive rate undermine the credibility of security and train users to ignore them. We need more accurate detection and better security tools if we are to regain users´ attention and respect, rather than scare, trick, and bully them into complying with security measures that obstruct human endeavors.
Keywords :
security of data; bullying; security tools; Computer security; Economics; Human factors; Privacy; Psychology; alarm fatigue; passwords; security; usability;
Journal_Title :
Security & Privacy, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSP.2015.65