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Social Engineering Still Best Way to Crack Security

binaryDigit writes "The Register has an amusing article about a study done in the UK where office workers were asked tricky questions like 'What is your password', and 75% of the respondents answered... They were also asked ethical questions, 'If you found a file with your coworkers salaries, would you look', 75% would, and 38% would pass the information around! Read on to be both amused (esp. the CEO) and scared."

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  1. Re:Social Engineering is all but unstoppable by Sj0 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Maybe if you stopped thinking of getting laid as "Engineering" you'd actually have a girlfriend.

    yeah, and maybe if you stopped talking out your ass, you'd have one.

    I doubt it though. bullshit tends to cling to a person. :P

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