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Wireless insecurity: examining user security behavior on public networks

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Tim Chenoweth,

Robert Minch,

Sharon TaborAuthors Info & Claims

Communications of the ACM, Volume 53, Issue 2

Pages 134 - 138

https://doi.org/10.1145/1646353.1646388

Published: 01 February 2010 Publication History

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Wireless insecurity: examining user security behavior on public networks
1. Networks
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    1. Mobile networks
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