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RE: 1 in 3 workers write down passwords


From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:34:31 -0400

My guess is a bit higher:  a few.  Believe it or not, but some employees
like to spy on their bosses' email.

Richard

-----Original Message-----
From: Drsolly [mailto:drsollyp () drsolly com] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 6:25 PM
To: Richard M. Smith
Cc: 'FunSec [List]'
Subject: RE: [funsec] 1 in 3 workers write down passwords

On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, Richard M. Smith wrote:

Sounds like someone is promoting biometrics.

I wonder if anyone has taken the next step and figured out how many
systems
are actually being compromised due to passwords being written on yellow
stickies.

My guess is - almost none. That simply is not how most systems get 
compromised.
 

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