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by PoachedEggs 638 days ago
> probably a net downgrade in security posture, as user friction just normalises a culture of circumvention

There is even a CWE for this concept: “CWE-655: Insufficient Psychological Acceptability”

> The product has a protection mechanism that is too difficult or inconvenient to use, encouraging non-malicious users to disable or bypass the mechanism, whether by accident or on purpose.

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Hah, how interesting. I can’t believe I’ve never seen that one before.