Category: Security technology

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Confusing Security Risks with Moral Judgments

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academicpapers, children, psychologyofsecurity, riskassessment, risks, Security technology

Interesting research that shows we exaggerate the risks of something when we find it morally objectionable. From an article about and interview with the researchers: To get at this question experimentally, Thomas and her collaborators created a series of vignettes in which a parent left a child unattended for some period of time, and participants … Read More “Confusing Security Risks with Moral Judgments” »

Interesting Internet-Based Investigative Techniques

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anonymity, children, deanonymization, metadata, operationalsecurity, police, pornography, Security technology

In this article, detailing the Australian and then worldwide investigation of a particularly heinous child-abuse ring, there are a lot of details of the pedophile security practices and the police investigative techniques. The abusers had a detailed manual on how to scrub metadata and avoid detection, but not everyone was perfect. The police used information … Read More “Interesting Internet-Based Investigative Techniques” »

Research on the Timing of Security Warnings

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academicpapers, Security technology, securityawareness, securitypolicies

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 … Read More “Research on the Timing of Security Warnings” »

Prisoner's Dilemma Experiment Illustrates Four Basic Phenotypes

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academicpapers, gametheory, liarsandoutliers, Security technology

If you’ve read my book Liars and Outliers, you know I like the prisoner’s dilemma as a way to think about trust and security. There is an enormous amount of research — both theoretical and experimental — about the dilemma, which is why I found this new research so interesting. Here’s a decent summary: The … Read More “Prisoner's Dilemma Experiment Illustrates Four Basic Phenotypes” »