Bugs in the wetware: the psychology of computer insecurity
Peter Gutmann · Information Security Conference · 2014
A fairly standard response with computer security failures is to blame the user. The real culprit though is the way in which the human mind works. Millennia of evolutionary conditioning and the environment in which users operate cause them to act, and react, in predictable ways to given stimuli and situations. This talk looks at the (often surprising) ways in which the human mind deals with computer security issues, and why apparent bugs in the wetware are something that not only can't be patched but are often critical to our functioning as humans.