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Hack Warnings Prompt Cyber 'Security Fatigue'

posted by janrinok on Sunday October 09 2016, @12:20AM   Printer-friendly
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Phoenix666 writes:

Relentless cybersecurity warnings have given people "security fatigue" that stops them keeping themselves safe, suggests a study.

Many ignored warnings they received, found the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Others were worn out by software updates and by the number of passwords they had to remember, NIST found.

This "risky behaviour" might make people more susceptible to attack, it warned.

Biometrics will save us, won't they?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 09 2016, @01:25AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 09 2016, @01:25AM (#411886)

    Something where it is easy to sanitize input, built in libraries instead of servers sending god knows what javascript for your machine to run, etc.

    Then we can look forward to following Da5iD and getting our visual cortex hacked :P

    Really though, all the bullshit that webpages do is so unnecessary, nothing I do online is enhanced by having tracking scripts, popup javascript, and other such nonsense loaded into my computer. There have been many beautiful examples of clever UI, but when it comes down to it, no one uses it regularly. Most "UI" enhancements are for tracking and other stupid popup annoyances. People prefer the ability to implement their clever little solutions rather than keep users secure, and until we get some long term systems we will keep having these problems. Every new OS, or browser rewrite, causes these issues to pop up again and again.

    It all reminds me of a sci-fi series where humanity has advanced into cybernetic implants and has access to a "wormhole" type tunnel that lets people travel in time and dimensions. Humanity is under assault by some arachnid type creatures, and they capture one and put it in isolation. A general thinks its necessary to mind-meld (ish?) with the creature and he gets hacked. He doesn't even realize it, then the creature takes control of him and exclaims that Human concepts of "security" are so outdated and incorrect....

    That's how I feel with today's software security, we are throwing wet blankets on to a bonfire and just pretending that everything is ok...