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Everyday users know some security basics but often don’t act; advice must be incremental, personalized and habitual not abstract. The talk claims shame backfires — users hide mistakes and download random AVs (one person tried four or five) — so show concrete examples: a Trello account inventory, a password manager, and a YubiKey demo. Use the three sliders (tech comfort, privacy needs, likely adversary) to pick steps. A short YouTube experiment (three months) shows vulnerability and real demos persuade friends more than lectures.
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- 0:00Start
- 3:45security is hard
- 4:10what if we didn't give up?
- 6:40WHO IS "EVERYONE ELSE"?
- 9:13Those who know what to do but not how to implement it
- 9:25WHAT ADVICE DO WE GIVE?
- 11:05the perfect is the enemy of the good
- 14:42Lay a path for progression
- 15:39HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE?
- 16:09reactance theory
- 16:35Direct instruction harms the feeling of autonomy
- 18:54Give people successful examples to emulate
- 19:33"Tell, sell, and shame" doesn't work.
- 19:45Tech has a pervasive culture of shame
- 20:40I googled it, and kept installing antivirus programs until one worked.
- 20:56Shame culture means people don't ask for advice
- 21:53Can I show you a better way to do this?
- 22:21you are literally telling us what to do
- 22:43What is something that has significantly changed my behaviour?
- 24:08SERENA BECOMES A YOUTUBER???
- 25:41The paradox of personal security
- 27:42Be vulnerable
- 28:26SUMMARY
- 29:03Lead by example
- 29:13Be nice to people
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