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<p style="margin-bottom:0.25cm;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3">Dear beloved Team, </font></span>
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</span><p style="margin-bottom:0.25cm;line-height:115%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3">My
name is Enock Samuel Mbewe. I am currently a Computer Science PhD
candidate at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. I am <font color="#000000">conducting
</font><font color="#000000">a</font><font color="#000000">n exploratory study via a survey as
part of my research project. This survey aims to understand Internet
users' knowledge and perception of Internet security and its
configuration frameworks. The output of this study will act as an
input in the design of a measurements-driven user-centred Internet
security decision model to allow users easily configure the desired
level of Internet protection, informed by performance costs of
security settings. Your views and experience are greatly valuable,
and I am grateful for your time and participation.</font></font></span></p><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif">
</span><p style="margin-bottom:0.25cm;line-height:115%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><font color="#000000">This survey is completely anonymous. Where feasible, explicit consent
requests for information disclosure is provided. The research has been
approved by the University of Cape Town's Faculty of Science Ethics Committee with approval code: </font><font color="#000000"><b>FSREC
002-2020.</b></font><font color="#000000"> </font><font color="#000000">The survey takes 5 minutes on average. If
you are willing to participate, p</font><font color="#000000">lease
follow the link below to complete the survey. </font></font></span>
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</span><p style="margin-bottom:0.25cm;line-height:115%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><a href="https://survey.cs.uct.ac.za/limesurvey/index.php/162676?lang=en" target="_blank">https://survey.cs.uct.ac.za/limesurvey/index.php/162676?lang=en</a><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3">
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</span><p style="margin-bottom:0.25cm;line-height:115%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><br></font></font></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.25cm;line-height:115%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3">If
you have any concerns, questions or would like to know more about the
study please visit my webpage:
<a href="https://people.cs.uct.ac.za/~embewe" target="_blank">https://people.cs.uct.ac.za/~embewe</a>
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</span><p style="margin-bottom:0.25cm;line-height:115%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><br></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.25cm;line-height:115%" align="justify">
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</p><p style="margin-bottom:0.25cm;line-height:115%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3">Once
again, thank you for your time.</font></span></p><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif">
</span><p style="margin-bottom:0.25cm;line-height:115%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><br></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.25cm;line-height:115%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif">Kind
regards,</span></p><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif">
</span><p style="margin-bottom:0.25cm;line-height:115%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif">Enock.</span></p>
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