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Giving Up Passwords For Chocolate

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the my-password-is-hershey dept.

RonnyJ writes "The BBC is reporting that, according to a recent survey, more than 70% of people would willingly give up their computer password in exchange for as little as a bar of chocolate. Over a third of the people surveyed even gave out their password without having to be bribed, and most indicated that they were fed up with having to use passwords."

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  1. Dealing with end-users by clintp · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    A lot of them just don't see the point of passwords. After explaining that this is to secure company data against corporate theft, hackers, etc.. they rightfully counter with:

    "Well, since we're always having viruses, trojans, spam, popups, crashes, and other unwanted crap on our networks ... do the passwords really make that much difference?" Why worry about the door keys when the windows are open?

    Maybe when the admin's (& the business') house is in order, we've got some right to bitch about users and passwords.

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