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Woman 4 times more likely than men to give passwords for chocolate
From: Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:25:59 +0300 (EEST)
From The Guardian etc.:
"A survey by Infosecurity Europe (www.infosec.co.uk) 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." --clip-- Links: http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/04/16/woman_4_times_more_likely_than_men_to_give_passwords_for_chocolate.html http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2214500/users-melting-password-bribes http://www.infosec.co.uk/page.cfm/Action=Press/PressID=1071 I think I have seen the results of this survey some years ago too, but the results are better this year. Juha-Matti _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Woman 4 times more likely than men to give passwords for chocolate Juha-Matti Laurio (Apr 23)
- Re: Woman 4 times more likely than men to give passwords for chocolate David Lodge (Apr 23)
- R: Woman 4 times more likely than men to give passwords for chocolate Remo Cornali (Apr 23)
- Re: Woman 4 times more likely than men to give passwords for chocolate David Lodge (Apr 23)