Chrome users prove to be stupider than users of other browsers!



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So, you’re just sitting there, browsing the net when Chrome deliberately decides not to bring you the website of your choice, rather a warning page declaring that the site you’ve selected might be fraudulent or containing malware.

What do you do next? Do you simply click on “Proceed anyway” because that cat picture your friend sent is simply too important to miss out? Or do you just click on “Back to safety” because deep down inside you know it’s not worth to clog up your computer or laptop for a mere peek at a cute kitten?

Well, if you’re choice was the first procedure and ended up with a nasty outcome, don’t feel too stupid because apparently according to a new study by Google, more than 70% of people ignore such warnings.
Interestingly named “Alice in Warningland”, the study gathered 25,405,944 warning impressions in Google Chrome, Mozilla and Firefox in May and June 2013 and confirmed that quite a lot were simply ignored.
Here’s a quick summary of the basic findings:

Data from google's study

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







It’s quite interesting to see that users are less cautious when using early versions of software, as this block of data suggests:

 

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It is yet to be confirmed by the study’s authors why Chrome users are so nonchalant. One possible reason is false positives, another thing to take into account is the variation in levels of competence amongst users. Another reason can be due to “warning fatigue” and thus the study is researching one of the lessons of Windows Vista to see whether fewer warnings might be a way to improve security.
“Our findings motivate more work on browser security warnings, with particular attention paid to demographics,” the paper concludes. “At Google, we have begun experimenting with new warning designs to further improve our warnings.” ®