Workers give up passwords for chocolate and a smile
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London (England) - Most companies have secrets protected by passwords, but according to a recent study those passwords can be obtained with just a candy bar and a smile. The Infosecurity Europe group surveyed 300 office and IT workers and found that nearly two-thirds of them were prepared to give up their passwords for a chocolate bar and a smile from an attractive “researcher”. IT workers, whom we would consider to be more secretive, fared better than their paper and pencil pushing coworkers, but still fell victim. :laugh::doh: British are so stupid and helpless. http://www.tgdaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31659&Itemid=118[^]
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Heck, if asked, I would trade my password for a half chocolate bar and a smile form a moderetaly attractive "researcher". It's not as if they knew, where I was working or if they somehow find out (as they did with the IT professionals), they probably can't get to my computer. And even if they managed to do that (or try something like remote desktop to access it), they would just be confronted with the fact, that I gave them some random password I made up on the spot. I'm also convinced, that's what some (if not a lot) of the 300 workers did. OT: 100th post! Woot!
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London (England) - Most companies have secrets protected by passwords, but according to a recent study those passwords can be obtained with just a candy bar and a smile. The Infosecurity Europe group surveyed 300 office and IT workers and found that nearly two-thirds of them were prepared to give up their passwords for a chocolate bar and a smile from an attractive “researcher”. IT workers, whom we would consider to be more secretive, fared better than their paper and pencil pushing coworkers, but still fell victim. :laugh::doh: British are so stupid and helpless. http://www.tgdaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31659&Itemid=118[^]
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We know that YOU are from the U.S., so the average intelligence can't be high.
We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
My first real C# project | Linkify!|FoldWithUs! | sighistThat's in fact only based on 1/300th of what the other survey was - which means by CS#'s logic that, umm, it's infallible! :rolleyes:
Paul
Pauliastan in The Code Project, password:
byalmightybob
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We know that YOU are from the U.S., so the average intelligence can't be high.
We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
My first real C# project | Linkify!|FoldWithUs! | sighistPlease do not use Captain SS as a standard for American intelligence - unless it's the 4-sigma low end of the distribution.
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Captain See Sharp wrote:
British are so stupid and helpless.
Yeah. If they were in America they'd give it up for a burger and fries and a smile from an overweight school dropout.
Johnny ² wrote:
Yeah. If they were in America they'd give it up for a burger and fries and a smile from an overweight school dropout.
But she'd have to be able to suck a golf ball through a garden hose...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Johnny ² wrote:
Yeah. If they were in America they'd give it up for a burger and fries and a smile from an overweight school dropout.
But she'd have to be able to suck a golf ball through a garden hose...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
But she'd have to be able to suck a golf ball through a garden hose...
Where was it inferred that it was a she?
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
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We know that YOU are from the U.S., so the average intelligence can't be high.
We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
My first real C# project | Linkify!|FoldWithUs! | sighistpeterchen wrote:
We know that YOU are from the U.S., so the average intelligence can't be high.
Exactly what I was thinking! :laugh:
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We know that YOU are from the U.S., so the average intelligence can't be high.
We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
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Bob Flynn wrote:
ouch - take it easy. Take it out on Captain SS not all of us.
I realised that was an indirect insult to Americans after I hit submit, but then being from England (which is different from Britain CapSS) I am obviously dumb enough to give my password out for chocolate and a smile so can't be expected to spot things like that! The insult was directed at CaptainSS as he is clearly an idiot!
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Captain See Sharp wrote:
British are so stupid and helpless.
You actually managed to string some words together into a meaningfull sentence! Well done, it must be a first for you!
Truth is the subjection of reality to an individuals perception
Ought it not be The British...?
-- Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
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London (England) - Most companies have secrets protected by passwords, but according to a recent study those passwords can be obtained with just a candy bar and a smile. The Infosecurity Europe group surveyed 300 office and IT workers and found that nearly two-thirds of them were prepared to give up their passwords for a chocolate bar and a smile from an attractive “researcher”. IT workers, whom we would consider to be more secretive, fared better than their paper and pencil pushing coworkers, but still fell victim. :laugh::doh: British are so stupid and helpless. http://www.tgdaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31659&Itemid=118[^]
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Why waste money on a chocolate bar? Many major cases of corporate espionage were possible because employees gave out their security details over the telephone. "Hello, my name is David and I am calling from IT Security. We need to reset your access rights or you won't be able to log on to the network. What is your user id? and your password? [small pause] Ok, we have reset your account and you shouldn't notice any other problems. Bye."
Ðavid Wulff What kind of music should programmers listen to?
Join the Code Project Last.fm group | dwulff
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Johnny ² wrote:
Yeah. If they were in America they'd give it up for a burger and fries and a smile from an overweight school dropout.
That is merely just speculation from someone who has issues with America and his own nationality. The fact is that the test was done in Britain and proves the citizens of Britain are not that sharp and are weak. If you wish to provide a link to a similar test in America please feel free to, otherwise keep your hands off your keyboard and just think what you feel about me instead.
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Try this[^], it is a good read.
Ðavid Wulff What kind of music should programmers listen to?
Join the Code Project Last.fm group | dwulff
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Ought it not be The British...?
-- Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
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That's in fact only based on 1/300th of what the other survey was - which means by CS#'s logic that, umm, it's infallible! :rolleyes:
Paul
Pauliastan in The Code Project, password:
byalmightybob
How much time is left?[^]Paul van der Walt wrote:
which means by CS#'s logic that, umm, it's infallible!
Exactly my point! :D
We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
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No worries - I was just giving back some of CSS' own meds. I encountered enough of the US to know where my European prejudice needs to end :)
We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
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Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:
The British
Ah, collective nouns. One of the finer points of difference between US English and that stuff on the other side of the pond. :cool:
