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Old 06-05-2005, 07:39 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Americans reveal passwords for coffee

Quite an impressive little test:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05...ssword_survey/

The basic gist is that when offered coffee vouchers in return for revealing passwords, no less than 70% of American's complied!
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Old 08-05-2005, 08:29 PM   #2 (permalink)
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would they give their security alarm code for their homes too I wonder?
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Old 08-05-2005, 10:32 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I bet they all lied tho

"free coffee? sure, my password is 'naive', want me to spell it out for you?"
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