I bet it works like PSA advertising. It's stuff everyone should know and 98% of people already do. But it also helps keep the issues closer to conscious awareness and is actually educational for the 2%

[–] cron@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There is a 2025 study that was widely reported:

In summary, our results confirm the ineffectiveness of current phishing training approaches while offering a refined study design for future work.

arXiv:2506.19899

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

training interventions showed no significant main effects on click rates (p=0.450) or reporting rates (p=0.417), with negligible effect sizes

Thank you. I stand corrected, and with my Bayesian priors updated.