If your focus is elsewhere when an important security warning pops up, there’s a good chance (up to 90%) it will be dismissed and completely ignored.  For instance, if a security alert appeared while a user was closing a web page, 74% would dismiss the warning dialog. … Interestingly, the researchers found that users were less likely to ignore/dismiss security warnings if they were timed to appear between primary tasks, rather than interrupting what the user was trying to do.

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