Workers Trade Password Security For Starbucks

And with a giant WHAT? I bring you this nugget of ridiculousness....

"Internet security and infrastructure company VeriSign said that 85% of participants in a "lighthearted, unscientific" survey compromised their actual password, or revealed hints about their password, for a cup of coffee.

The National Security Agency may want to spend less on code-breaking technology and more on caffeine. Internet security and infrastructure company VeriSign Inc. Thursday said that 85% of survey participants compromised their actual password, or revealed hints about their password, for a cup of coffee.

Strictly speaking, the inducement was a $3 Starbucks gift card, enough to buy two cups of coffee or one latte."

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