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It depends on what your definition of safety is. The perspective of this paper probably relates to compromised accounts and information leaks, not adware infec
by dublinben 11y ago
It depends on what your definition of safety is. The perspective of this paper probably relates to compromised accounts and information leaks, not adware infections.
- joosters 11y agoI haven't completely read the full paper yet (it's pretty big), but in a brief scan, I can't actually find any definition they use for staying safe. They talk about 'protecting their security online' and 'to stay safe online', however I didn't spot anything more specific. As you point out, there are a variety of attacks and big differences between e.g. leaking a password or getting a virus infection. But since their highlighted techniques cover both of these attacks (virus scanners, password best practices), you have to assume that they are relating to a whole range of attacks.
- iulia_ion 11y agoWe did not provide a definition of what "staying safe online" means. As a result, some participants might have thought more of protecting online accounts, while others focussed on keeping their systems from getting compromised, etc. But coming from a non-technical user the question would be likely to be framed just like that: vague, because users don't know what the biggest threats are and what they should defend from first.