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Study: Security Warnings Ignored Because of Bad Timing

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STIX ID: report--d6ed859a-ac19-5ad8-acd7-dc8bc781b65c

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Date Published: 2016-08-22

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Paul Roberts

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This article reports on BYU and Google research showing that security and warning messages are often ignored—up to 90% of the time—when presented while users are multitasking or otherwise engaged, due to dual-task interference; it recommends reconsidering how and when alerts are presented but does not describe any specific attack, breach, or technical threat.

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