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by DicIfTEx 1800 days ago
> I think there is some sort of a Tverskyan study to be done here about expected value and perceived risk. Overall for most people the equation is always: (probability of data being mishandled) * damage < time and effort required to maintain my privacy.

It's about security advice more broadly rather than specifically privacy, but you might find the paper “So Log, And No Thanks for the Externalities: The Rational Rejection of Security Advice by Users” by Cormac Herley interesting: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/...