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Users inundated with pop-ups
Scott Granneman, 2005-12-12

There are many examples where users are now being inundated with pop-up messages asking them to respond to things they don't know about or don't understand, and it leads to weaker security overall.

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Users inundated with pop-ups 2005-12-13
Erik Norgaard
Firefox "install extensions" popup now has a timer that simply does not let you press OK for 5 seconds.

This is neat: It cleverly disables that "just click OK" reflex and - at least first time - makes you read the message.

I do think that users should be asked to accept the responsibility of ...

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