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hwaldron -> Passwords - Would you disclose this for a Chocolate Bar? (4/16/2008 11:43:13 AM)
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[image]http://www.candyfavorites.com/candy-sm/Hershey-Milk-Chocolate.jpg[/image] The good news in this annual survey approach is that folks are more aware of the dangers of password disclosures, as the percentages of folks who would be willing to disclose their password has dropped when compared to prior years.
However, I do have a weakness for chocolate [;)][:D]
People still give passwords for chocolate
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/people-still-give-passwords-for.html
QUOTE: A survey by Infosecurity Europe of 576 office workers have found that women far more likely to give away their passwords to total strangers than their male counterparts, with 45% of women versus 10% of men prepared to give away their password, to strangers masquerading as market researches with the lure of a chocolate bar as an incentive for filling in the survey. The survey was actually part of a social engineering exercise to raise awareness about information security. The survey was conducted outside Liverpool Street Station in the City of London.
This year’s survey results were significantly better than previous years. In 2007 64% of people were prepared to give away their passwords for a chocolate bar, this year it had dropped to just 21% so at last the message is getting through to be more infosecurity savvy.
Another slightly worrying fact discovered by researchers is that over half of people questioned use the same password for everything (e.g. work, banking, web, etc.)
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