http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/privacy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207400028
By Thomas Claburn
InformationWeek
April 16, 2008
Women are four times more likely than men to surrender their computer
passwords for chocolate, according to a survey of 576 office workers
conducted outside Liverpool Street Station in
London by Infosecurity
Europe.
According to the survey, 45% of women revealed their passwords to
strangers posing as market researchers for a chocolate bar, compared to
10% of men.
Apparently the overall percentage of password-yielding respondents this
year (21%) represents an improvement over 2007, when 64% of respondents
traded their security for a few moments of chocolaty goodness.
Infosecurity Europe made no mention of whether inducements tailored to
men, such as sports tickets, free beer, or explicit pictures, were
offered to test the possibility that the noted gender disparity might be
reversed under different circumstances.