This #USEC article is 20 years old, and anything it mentions is still true for very similar — or even the same — contexts.

Mindblowing stuff.

https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/1035134.1035159

In usable security science, email encryption usability has evolved into a meme. The way I know this is just by paper titles. The following are titles of actual scientific papers that have been published.

1999: Why Johnny can't encrypt.
2006: Why Johnny still can't encrypt.
2016: Why Johnny still, still can't encrypt.
2018: Johnny can finally encrypt. But does this make him feel more secure?

I suspect Johnny still doesn't feel secure with his new skill.

#USEC #encryption #email #science

EuroUSEC 2024

Only 1 month left to submit to the 2024 European Symposium on Usable Security!

Submit your research and findings to EuroUSEC, a forum for research and discussion on human factors in security and privacy! Discover the perfect synergy of technology, innovation, and tranquillity as EuroUSEC 2024 makes its way to the charming city of Karlstad.

Call for Papers – EuroUSEC 2024 – 30th Sep - 1st Oct 2024, Karlstad, Sweden

https://eurousec24.kau.se/
#cfp #academia #usablesecurity #usec #EuroUSEC

Three things that need to happen in Usable Security & Privacy research:

- Include & allow journals as methods of publication next to conferences (not possible at my uni/many others).
- Abolish conferences or at least hybridise them in a usable and functioning way. It's 2024, we have climate change and what not, mandatory (air) travel should not be the norm. It would also be more inclusive for many!
- Establish Registered Reports as submission formats. They can massively stagger the reviewing time.

#USEC #privacy #research #academicchatter

Tarkov: BEAR oder USEC? Welche Fraktion solltet ihr spielen? - Escape From Tarkov
#EscapefromTarkov #wipe #usec #bear
https://yewtu.be/l22OQB8IugM?t=3