Security vs Usability Tradeoff
The cluster discusses the longstanding tradeoff between security and usability/convenience, where users often prioritize ease of use over robust security measures, leading to compromises and bypasses in practice.
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People have been choosing usability over security forever - don't be ashamed.
Users care very little about security, actually.
It's the old usability vs security compromise.
This is the security - usability tradeoff and is as old as the hills.
not everyone will do this though. security is meant for the idiot users
9/10 end users just don't understand that security and convenience are inversely related.
typically, better security practices tend to lead to more discomfort for users
Good security can be quite annoying to end users, so be careful with that metric
A lot of people are starting to realise that "secure" means "secure AGAINST the user".
If user experience is bad, people will bypass security measures.