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Monthly Archives: October 2007
Why task analysis doesn’t do it for me
Like every self-respecting human-computer interaction (HCI) lecturer, I introduce task analysis or the technique of analysing how people perform a task or job, to my students a couple of weeks into a given course. Each time I am aware that … Continue reading
Codebreaking: Humans are the weakest link
People are the weakest link in all computer systems. We hear about the best cryptography money can buy: integrity checking, sender/receiver identity authentication, digital signatures, and then someone leaves a list of passwords on a post-it note stuck above a … Continue reading
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Tagged analysis, artificial intelligence, bletchley, code breakers, cognitive science, computers, cryptography, Design, enigma, herivel, phishing, rejewski, security, support, technology, usability
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