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DoubleClickjacking: A New type of web hacking technique

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237 points shinzub | 1 comments | 14 Jan 25 04:44 UTC | HN request time: 2.128s | source
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IshKebab ◴[17 Jan 25 17:57 UTC] No.42741205[source]▶
Eh, it's hardly seamless, and double clicking is extremely uncommon on the web so that would be a big red flag.
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giantrobot ◴[17 Jan 25 18:08 UTC] No.42741380[source]▶
Double clicking on the web is extremely common with older less technically adept users. This same cohort is also the most susceptible to scams.
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waltwalther ◴[17 Jan 25 18:17 UTC] No.42741495[source]▶
This. I have told my eighty-year-old parents this many times over the years, but it doesn't seem to stick.
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NotYourLawyer ◴[17 Jan 25 19:04 UTC] No.42742021[source]▶
I’ve tried to explain it many times too, but I can’t really articulate a good, comprehensive rule for when to single and when to double click.
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Pxtl ◴[17 Jan 25 20:32 UTC] No.42742949[source]▶
When you're on windows and not in the browser, you double-click to launch a file or program in the Explorer (which also is what runs the desktop). Single-click is select.

So, the rule:

List of files on your computer or desktop? Double-click. Otherwise? Don't.

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1. giantrobot ◴[18 Jan 25 16:27 UTC] No.42749437[source]▶
> When you're on windows and not in the browser

So many people have absolutely no concept of different windows let alone a browser. They run Chrome or IE maximized and that is "the Internet". They'll have tons of tabs open because they don't understand tabs and how to navigate them or that they can be closed.

A problem with billions of people using computers is that only a tiny fraction have working knowledge of them, an even smaller fraction understand them. Most people only understand operations by rote.