Comments on: QoTW #46: CTRL+ALT+DEL Login – Rationale behind it? http://security.blogoverflow.com/2013/05/qotw-46-ctrlaltdel-login-rationale-behind-it/ The Security Stack Exchange Blog Sat, 06 Feb 2016 05:11:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.6 By: WChargin http://security.blogoverflow.com/2013/05/qotw-46-ctrlaltdel-login-rationale-behind-it/#comment-84280 Sun, 12 May 2013 17:37:40 +0000 http://security.blogoverflow.com/?p=1026#comment-84280 However, couldn’t an application just omit the requirement for Ctrl-Alt-Delete?

A 2007 study (link below) found that most people (58 out of 60 studied) don’t notice (or care) when the “site-authentication images” common on banking websites are absent, and proceed to log in anyway. Wouldn’t a similar effect occur with Ctrl-Alt-Delete?

SiteKey study: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/05/technology/05secure.html

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