Give Me Your Password - I’ll Give You Chocolate

Alex at the Sunbelt Blog points us to a study in Europe that says that last year 64% of people were willing to give away their password for a chocolate bar. They indicate that this year only 21% of people were willing to give away their password

Some of the key points from the study indicate that women are more likely to give away their password than men.  45% of women were willing to give away their password but only 10% of men were willing to give theirs away.

The real question that comes to mind for me is how accurate the study really is. I almost never stop to be interviewed by someone. I am not interested. I don't want to spend the time... and I wonder about the people that take the time.

Although, it doesn't hurt if the person asking for an interview is cute.

I also wonder how many people actually answer honestly. If I were to stop because I really wanted a chocolate bar, I would give a fake password. "Sure, the password I put on everything is A9913." If they ask me again in 5 minutes to verify I wasn't lying, I could repeat it because it is a common word with letters replaced as numbers Apple (after my favorite computer) 9s for the Ps, 1 for the L and 3 for the E.

The full survey results are here.