Users are still idiots, cough up personal data despite warnings

Study after study has shown that users are the weak link when it comes to security. Some of it, however, is not their fault: best security practices often go against everything we know about human behavior or mental capacity. A study that will be published in the Journal of Consumer Research adds another one to this list. It turns out that the warning signs that might tip users off to a web site that's more likely to compromise their personal information actually causes many users to treat said information casually. via Users are still idiots, cough up personal data despite warnings.