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Popup Study Confirms Most Users Are Idiots

Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 1:02 pm
by Libra Monkee
I don't even have words except that it's people like this that keep me employed.

Via Slashdot
"Testing students at a University, psychologists made many of them click on a dialog box that in effect said: 'You are about to install some malware. Malware is bad. By clicking yes you are failing the Windows Darwin Test.' Nearly half of them said all they cared about was getting rid of these dialogs."
Full story at Ars Technica

Re: Popup Study Confirms Most Users Are Idiots

Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 1:33 pm
by Cereb Daithi
:picard:

didn't get to read the article. service unavailable. but I certainly understand what it will say.

Re: Popup Study Confirms Most Users Are Idiots

Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 2:01 pm
by Mr Kleen
the computer who popped-up wolf? :wiggle: