My password for a chocolate bar
Well, I know this is an old article, but it’s still a fun read. In a survey, around 75% of office workers were willing to give their password to a total stranger - all for a chocolate bar. The complete article can be found here. [securitypipeline.com]
I reached this article while I was reading an article on slashdot on how cell phone records are obtained and sold to the highest bidder. This problem seems to be mushrooming daily. Even in India, we get a lot of unsolicited calls. It peaked during the last elections when loads of sms used to come on the phone encouraging people to vote for a particular candidate. One of my friends was woken up in the morning with the (then) Prime Minister of India saying “Mein Pradhaan Mantri bol raha hoon” (This is the Prime Minister speaking). My friend - half asleep that he was - was wondering how to reply when he realized that it was a recorded message. Unfortunately, there is no legislation to curb these activities.
In other news, it seems that the blogger post tracker is back online. After being stuck on 50 posts for the better part of a year, my counter now shows 126 posts. Passed a 100 and didn’t even know it 
Anyway, that’s all from me. Later folks!
