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Yahoo: Distraction While Changing Security Settings.

Author
Gray et al.
Date
10 Apr 2017
Publisher
UXP2 Lab

Yahoo distracts users that are updating their security preferences with a huge ad.

Yahoo was catalogued by the UXP2 Lab in connection with its security settings. The entry describes how users who are updating their security preferences are distracted by a large advertisement on the page.

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