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Americans are pants at password security
John Leyden, The Register 2005-05-06

Americans are just as blasé about password security as the Brits, according to a new survey. Two out three three people (180 of 272) approached in a downtown San Francisco street by researchers were happy to provide their password in exchange for a coffee gift card. Of those respondents that declined offering their actual password, 51 provided a clue about their password in exchange for a $3 Starbucks gift voucher.

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Americans are pants at password security 2005-05-07
Anonymous
The effectiveness of social engineering has already been shown a million times before. VeriSign themselves are on record for falling victim to it.

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