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		AmericanChopper on June 9, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I “found” the database of a college app (2018) This is such a dangerous false dichotomy. Plenty of security systems benefit user experience.

TazeTSchnitzel on June 9, 2019 | [–]

And the security of a system can be completely undermined if nobody uses it because of poor user experience.

Phillipharryt on June 9, 2019 | [–]

And in fact some systems are only usable because of their security. A bank that gives all accounts the same password could hardly be considered usable, neither could many websites if they did the same.

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