Dropbox and Google create Simply Secure, an organization trying to make open source security tools easy to use

Dropbox, Google, and the Open Technology Fund today announced a new organization focused on making open source security tools easier to use. Called Simply Secure, the initiative brings together security researchers with experts in user interaction and design to boost adoption rates for consumer-facing security solutions. The companies point out that various security options already do exist, and are technically effective. Features like two-factor authentication remain useless, however, because users don’t adopt them due to inconvenience or technical difficulty. As a result, the trio argues that security needs to be simplified: The need to overcome this challenge is particularly clear...

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