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The case for disappearing cyber security

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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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      cover image Communications of the ACM
      Communications of the ACM  Volume 61, Issue 7
      July 2018
      90 pages
      ISSN:0001-0782
      EISSN:1557-7317
      DOI:10.1145/3234519
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