There are few things Sneak dislikes more than the Infosecurity Europe show. Maybe being eaten alive or being strapped down and forced to watch endless episodes of How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria, in a scene reminiscent of A Clockwork Orange, come close. But that said, their pre-show surveys are always good for a laugh.

In what has become an annual obsession, those crazy kids from Infosec Europe go out on the streets of London and try and get people to divulge their online credentials in return for a small gift. This year the survey found that, shock horror, 45 per cent of women would swap their passwords for a bar of chocolate, as opposed to just ten per cent of men. What's that you say? Women in chocolate-liking shocker? Um, not really – it's far more likely women are just canny enough to give out a false password in return for a bite of a Walnut Whip. Fellas, you've got to think this one through more carefully!

20 Apr 2008