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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. Hang on a minute... by beeglebug · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Without the ability to check that the passwords given are correct, surely the survey results will be totally inacurate?

    If someone came up to me in the street and asked me for my password in exchange for a gift, i'd just tell them any old word to get the free stuff...

  2. I would give out login details for sweets by aaronmcdaid · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I would give out login details for sweets

    But they wouldn't be real.

    Who says the researchers were given real details by everyone?