Dirty clicks: a study of the usability and security implications of click-related behaviors on the web

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dc.contributor.authorSánchez Rola, Iskander
dc.contributor.authorBalzarotti, Davide
dc.contributor.authorKruegel, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorVigna, Giovanni
dc.contributor.authorSantos Grueiro, Igor
dc.date.accessioned2026-10-08T10:26:54Z
dc.date.available2026-10-08T10:26:54Z
dc.date.issued2020-04-20
dc.date.updated2026-10-08T10:26:54Z
dc.descriptionPonencia presentada en la WWW'20 - The Web Conference 2020, celebrada en Taipei entre el 20 y el 24 de abril de 2020es
dc.description.abstractWeb pages have evolved into very complex dynamic applications, which are often very opaque and difficult for non-experts to understand. At the same time, security researchers push for more transparent web applications, which can help users in taking important security-related decisions about which information to disclose, which link to visit, and which online service to trust. In this paper, we look at one of the simplest but also most representative aspect that captures the struggle between these opposite demands: a mouse click. In particular, we present the first comprehensive study of the possible security and privacy implications that clicks can have from a user perspective, analyzing the disconnect that exists between what is shown to users and what actually happens after. We started by identifying and classifying possible problems. We then implemented a crawler that performed nearly 2.5M clicks looking for signs of misbehavior. We analyzed all the interactions created as a result of those clicks, and discovered that the vast majority of domains are putting users at risk by either obscuring the real target of links or by not providing sufficient information for users to make an informed decision. We conclude the paper by proposing a set of countermeasures.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work is partially supported by the Basque Government under a pre-doctoral grant given to Iskander Sanchez-Rolaen
dc.identifier.citationSanchez-Rola, I., Balzarotti, D., Kruegel, C., Vigna, G., & Santos, I. (2020). Dirty clicks: a study of the usability and security implications of click-related behaviors on the web. The Web Conference 2020 - Proceedings of the World Wide Web Conference, WWW 2020, 395-406. https://doi.org/10.1145/3366423.3380124
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/3366423.3380124
dc.identifier.isbn9781450370233
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/6766
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
dc.rights© 2020 IW3C2 (International World Wide Web Conference Committee)
dc.subject.otherBrowser click
dc.subject.otherWeb security
dc.subject.otherUsability
dc.titleDirty clicks: a study of the usability and security implications of click-related behaviors on the weben
dc.typeconference paper
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
oaire.citation.endPage406
oaire.citation.startPage395
oaire.citation.titleThe Web Conference 2020 - Proceedings of the World Wide Web Conference, WWW 2020
oaire.licenseConditionhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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