Letters to the Editor
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Oh noes, my coompooterz is hacks
Seriously though, I wouldn't really care if some stranger knew my work password. Afterall, do they even know where I work? No? Well then, who the hell cares? Oh noes, they have a password which may or may not be my real password, and they don't even know my name. Like, what are they going to do with that information?
A more interesting test would be, how many women would give their phone number out to random strangers... I bet the number would be a lot smaller.
This whole "survey" seems 100% pointless, and I think the so-called "results" reported show more about the bias of the researchers than any real information about how secure men or women are with their personal data.
I'd be more interested to hear about differences in how men/women come up with passwords. (e.g. your dogs name, or a random pattern/shape on the keyboard?)