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My point?

My point?

Posted Feb 12, 2009 16:01 UTC (Thu) by khim (subscriber, #9252)
In reply to: Way too long phrase... by stevenj
Parent article: How to write a Linux virus in 5 easy steps

My point was that user's education helps 100 times more then any UI decisions.


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My point?

Posted Feb 12, 2009 19:13 UTC (Thu) by stevenj (guest, #421) [Link]

Even if this were true (do you have data to back it up?), it wouldn't imply that resistance to deception should not play a significant role in UI design. Clearly, no approach is a panacea, which means that one wants to explore all practical avenues; certainly user education hasn't prevented widespread malware on certain platforms (which has side effects affecting all of us).

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