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"...Microsoft made significant improvements to their security model by showing (by default) UAC prompts..." I wouldn't call nag prompts that people learned to
by EpicEng 13y ago
"...Microsoft made significant improvements to their security model by showing (by default) UAC prompts..."
I wouldn't call nag prompts that people learned to reflexively say ok to a significant increase in security. I don't know of any hard data (couldn't find any), but anecdotally, I see people just pressing "Allow" without any thought because it comes up so often.
Yes, it's similar to the unix model, but people using unix probably have a much better idea of what security means and what the risks are going in.
EDIT: I just realized that you may have said that sarcastically...
- jaredsohn 13y agoNo sarcasm intended; I should have said that Microsoft made significant changes to the security model in an attempt to improve their security. I personally haven't seen any hard data to suggest how effective it was.