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The case for disappearing cyber security

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Communications of the ACM, Volume 61, Issue 7

Pages 40 - 42

https://doi.org/10.1145/3213764

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A proposal for keeping cyber security both out of sight and out of mind for end users.

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July 2018

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DOI:10.1145/3234519

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