Why Computer Warning Messages Are Ineffective

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Published on February 3, 2017 11:27:59 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ_HLcgXc6M

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When we see the same Warning messages over and over again we ignore them.
SSL self signed certificates, time wrong, or completely different domain presented. Yeah yeah just load the page.

As of Chrome 56 Google will be labelling HTTP non-encrypted pages with Password or Credit card fields as being insecure.

Sources:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/01/people_ignore_security_warnings/
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/02/03/google-redesigns-security-warnings-after-70-of-chrome-users-ignore-them/
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~ynadji3/classes/f16-adv-comp-sec/papers/34-alice-in-warningland.pdf
http://www.zdnet.com/article/chrome-56-google-starts-slapping-not-secure-on-http-payment-and-login-pages/

Additional source (added post release)
How Google were detecting infected users: https://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/using-data-to-protect-people-from.html

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