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Surveillance and the use of social psychology

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2007-03-13 23:30:47 by Perry Carpenter in Security Renaissance
...psychology these days. The following photo and quote taken from Boing Boing The quote below is from a recent New York Times Magazine article describing a psychology experiment conducted by Newcastle University in which those conducting the experiments taped alternating photos above an on your honor coffee station For 10 weeks this spring,...
 
Tags: coffee, honor coffee station, psychology, coffee station, psychology experiment, social psychology simultaneously, eyes poster, eyes, weeks
 
 
 
 
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End user security psychology, part I: Are small mobile computers less secure than larger mobile computers?

2008-03-27 11:30:35 by Bill Nagel in Security & Risk Management
 
...psychology of a mobile device being insecure." In other words, you're using something small, in public, that's easily grabbed or shoulder-surfed. He admits that mobile banking is often more secure than online banking, but it just doesn't feel that way. And a recent survey of Americans gives reason to think that he might be right The online...
 
Tags: mobile, mobile signatures, mobile channel, authentication, mobile authentication, mobile phone apps, mobile device, online, online channel
 
 
 
 
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The psychology of risk perception

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2007-02-24 10:04:37 by Perry Carpenter in Security Renaissance
...psychology plays into peoples perception of risk. The following chart, from his article, speaks volumes Conventional Wisdom About People and Risk Perception This chart just scratches the surface of the overall content in his article. I encourage you to check it out We see examples of this in our lives and in the media everyday. One of the...
 
Tags: risk perception, risk, bruce, article, bruce schneier kick, examine risk, ultimately gain trust, peoples irrational fears, speaks volumes
 
 
 
 
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Security psychology

2008-06-30 15:32:24 by Ross Anderson in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...psychology should do at least as well. I hope Ill find enough odd minutes to live blog this first workshop as it happens Edited to add:] See comments for live blog posts on the sessions; Bruce Schneier is also blogging this event
 
Tags: security, security psychology, security engineers, live blog posts, live blog, workshop papers, workshop, security economics, deception
 
 
 
 
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Psychology Today on Risk Assessment

2008-01-31 11:45:25 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Yet another article on the topic
 
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Improvements in Face Recognition

2008-02-11 07:18:18 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Psychology at Glasgow, and lecturer Rob Jenkins say they achieved their hugely-improved results by eliminating the variable effects of age, hairstyle, expression, lighting, different camera equipment etc. This was done by producing a composite "average face" for a person, synthesised from twenty different pictures across a range of ages,...
 
Tags: lecturer rob jenkins, research nonetheless, mike burton, grainy photograph, variable effects, camera equipment, composite, range, age
 
 
 
 
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Localizing Cybercrime - Cultural Diversity on Demand

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2008-02-21 17:06:11 by HASH0x8b1e62c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...psychology and linguistics, too With all due respect, but I would have agreed with this simple logic only if I wasn't aware of translation services on demand for anything starting from malware to spam and phishing messages. We can in fact position them in a much more appropriate way, as "cultural diversity on demand" services, where local...
 
Tags: future, future malware trend, trend, malware, malware authors, demand, russian malware, services, demand translation services
 
 
 
 
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Kids and Lying

2008-02-29 07:09:12 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...psychology of security, I don't think so.) So when do the 98 percent who think lying is wrong become the 98 percent who lie It starts very young. Indeed, bright kids -- those who do better on other academic indicators -- are able to start lying at 2 or 3. "Lying is related to intelligence," explains Dr. Victoria Talwar, an assistant professor...
 
Tags: kids, victoria talwar, bright kids, security, lie, talwar, security topic, assistant professor, percent
 
 
 
 
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Interviews and Podcasts

2008-03-28 14:06:56 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
I was interviewed on (print and audio) science and secrecy , the (print and podcast) future of the security industry , and (podcast only) the psychology of security
 
Tags: security, security industry, print, podcast, secrecy, audio, science, psychology, future
 
 
 
 
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Art and science: Bruce Schneier shares security ideas at museum

2008-03-28 00:00:00 by Ann Bednarz in Network World on Security
 
Bruce Schneier shared his ideas about the psychology of security, and the need for thinking sensibly about security, in his hometown Wednesday night when he gave a lecture at the Weisman Art Museum on the campus of the University of Minnesota
 
Tags: bruce schneier, security, hometown wednesday night, weisman art museum, ideas, university, minnesota, lecture, sensibly