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minus-squareDave.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-23 months ago90% of users when they are presented with the UAC popup when they do something: “Yes yes whateverrr” <click>
minus-squareIsThisAnAI@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·3 months ago🤷♂️ people are going to take the path of least resistance
minus-squareT156@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIt would be trivial to add a “please click ‘yes’ to the UAC prompt to allow verification” screen, so that isn’t really going to stop anyone. I’ve seen a bit of office malware in the past that did that, where it had a bunch of images instructing you to enable macros and that.
90% of users when they are presented with the UAC popup when they do something:
“Yes yes whateverrr” <click>
🤷♂️ people are going to take the path of least resistance
It would be trivial to add a “please click ‘yes’ to the UAC prompt to allow verification” screen, so that isn’t really going to stop anyone.
I’ve seen a bit of office malware in the past that did that, where it had a bunch of images instructing you to enable macros and that.