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[freehaven-cvs] Fix on/off confusion about cookies and off switches....
Update of /home/freehaven/cvsroot/doc/wupss04
In directory moria.mit.edu:/tmp/cvs-serv8913
Modified Files:
usability.tex
Log Message:
Fix on/off confusion about cookies and off switches. Also, stop implying that Angela Sasse wrote our list.
Index: usability.tex
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RCS file: /home/freehaven/cvsroot/doc/wupss04/usability.tex,v
retrieving revision 1.15
retrieving revision 1.16
diff -u -d -r1.15 -r1.16
--- usability.tex 31 Dec 2004 17:44:22 -0000 1.15
+++ usability.tex 31 Dec 2004 18:02:14 -0000 1.16
@@ -72,14 +72,15 @@
irrelevant.
As Angela Sasse wrote in chapter X,
-hard-to-use programs and protocols can hurt security in many ways:
+hard-to-use programs and protocols can hurt security in many ways. These
+include:
\begin{tightlist}
\item Programs with {\it insecure modes of operation} are bound to be used
unknowingly in those modes.
\item {\it Off switches}, once selected, are often never re-enabled. For
- example, many users who try to disable browser cookies for privacy reasons
- wind up leaving them re-enabled so that they can access sites that require
- them.
+ example, many users who ordinarily disable browser cookies for privacy
+ reasons wind up re-enabling them so they can access sites that require
+ cookies, and later leaving cookies enabled for all sites.
\item {\it Badly labeled off switches} for security are even worse: not only
are they more prone to accidental selection, but they're more vulnerable to
social attackers who trick users into disabling their security.
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