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This blog is no longer updated.
Since I own the domain name for a couple more years, and the hosting was paid-in-advance, it's still here. But I've moved on to Hawaii, and no longer have the need to publish all the sorts of neat stuff that made up the contents of this website.
If you've linked to me, you are invited to unlink, as your readers will no longer be presented with new content. Thanks, Steve
How much is your password worth?
Thursday, May 05, 2005 : Stephen D. Carroll, rokus.net
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How about three bucks?Security vendor VeriSign found 66 percent would choose to give up their passwords for a Starbucks coffee, during an informal on-the-street survey conducted Thursday in San Francisco.
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Those that revealed their password or gave hints received a $3 gift card for Starbucks--the price of a latte.
Am I shocked, shocked at this revelation? No, because (a) you can't trust users, (ever); (b) they make no claims that this is scientific; (c) a hint doesn't mean a whole lot, if you ask the wrong guy (e.g. here's my hint: my password uses extended ascii) and (d) there doesn't appear to have been any verification that the guy on the street actually gave them a real password in exchange for the gift certificate ("Yeah, sure, it's, uh... GoYankees05! - now gimme my free coffee...").
But still, no doubt some of these passwords were valid and some of these users need to be re-educated. Don't complain when you're assigned a 14-character random password that changes every 3 months or so...
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