Phishing experiment lure Americans into divulging personal data Posted on Tue 08 Nov 2005 Armed with clipboards, pencils and matching “I LOVE NY” shirts, a team of surveyors recently set up shop in New York’s Central Park on behalf of RSA Security to find out how much personal information consumers would give up while participating in a survey supposedly about tourism in the city. [...] The RSA Security Life Questions survey between August 24 and September 6, 2005. Questions ranged from essentially harmless “Is this your first visit to New York City?” to more sensitive requests such as the participant’s date and place of birth, mother’s maiden name, children’s names, pet’s name, favorite sports team, their methodology for creating passwords, full mailing address and more. Share/Bookmark Some (probably) related posts: What kind of regional American dialect do YOU have? A Tech Support Tale Retirement Community That’s not right! Remind me not to fly to or in the States
Phishing experiment lure Americans into divulging personal data
Armed with clipboards, pencils and matching “I LOVE NY” shirts, a team of surveyors recently set up shop in New York’s Central Park on behalf of RSA Security to find out how much personal information consumers would give up while participating in a survey supposedly about tourism in the city.
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The RSA Security Life Questions survey between August 24 and September 6, 2005. Questions ranged from essentially harmless “Is this your first visit to New York City?” to more sensitive requests such as the participant’s date and place of birth, mother’s maiden name, children’s names, pet’s name, favorite sports team, their methodology for creating passwords, full mailing address and more.
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