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Information security

the argument that users ignore much security advice rationally, because its effort cost exceeds the small expected losses it prevents.

In information security, rational rejection of security advice refers to the argument that users ignore much security advice rationally, because its effort cost exceeds the small expected losses it prevents. This meaning comes from Herley (2009) in Proceedings of the 2009 workshop on New security paradigms workshop.[1]

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Herley, C. (2009). So long, and no thanks for the externalities: the rational rejection of security advice by users. Proceedings of the 2009 workshop on New security paradigms workshop. https://doi.org/10.1145/1719030.1719050

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