Both Good Morning Silicon Valley and The Register reported this one, so I couldn’t run away from it. SIGH

Women are four times more likely than men to give out “passwords” in exchange for chocolate bars.

This finding came as the result of the latest annual Infosec survey (held outside Liverpool Street Station), and was held just before the Infosec Europe conference, which is scheduled to start next week in London. Out of 576 office workers surveyed, 45% of women (as opposed to 10% of men) were willing to provide their usernamsnames and passwords to complete strangers in exchange for a chocolate bar (no details on what brand of chocolate bar). The Register was a bit more sceptical in its coverage by adding that:

Little attempt is made to verify the authenticity of the passwords, beyond follow-up questions asking what category it falls under. So we don’t know whether women responding to the survey filled in any old rubbish in return for a choccy treat or handed out their real passwords.

Oh, I really really hope so. Because the alternative is too awful to contemplate. Look, we’re women! Just hold chocolate or ice-cream under our noses and we’ll crumple faster than a modern car’s chassis in a pile-up. Aw crap!

For the original press release, go here.