Provided by Brigham Young University
http://cdn.phys.org/newman/gfx/news/2014/dontgethacke.jpgStudent sees the hacking screen that researchers used to study online security warnings. Credit: Jaren Wilkey/BYU Photo
Say you ignored one of those "this website is not trusted" warnings and it led to your computer being hacked. How would you react? Would you:
http://phys.org/openx/www/delivery/lg.php?bannerid=301&campaignid=160&zoneid=64&loc=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fphys.org%2Fnews%2F2014-11-dont-hacked-online.html&cb=7272a563ddA. Quickly shut down your computer?
B. Yank out the cables?
C. Scream in cyber terror?
For a group of college students participating in a research experiment, all of the above were true. These gut reactions (and more) happened when a trio of Brigham Young University researchers simulated hacking into study participants' personal laptops.
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