Americans are pants at password security

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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I think this is a perfect example of the Starbucks drug racket. People are so addicted they would eventually give everything they own just to get just "one....more....latte...."

Seriously -- this "study" tells us nothing. There was no way to verify true passwords. As a result I am surprised to see such a poorly designed test even mentioned on Security Focus. Articles like this lessen the quality of this publication.

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