A snickers for your password?Would you give out the password you use to log onto the Internet? A man posted outside a London subway subway: see rapid transit. subway Underground railway system used to transport passengers within urban and suburban areas. The first subway line, 3. earlier this year offered a candy candy: see confectionery. candy Sweet sugar- or chocolate-based confection. The Egyptians made candy from honey (combined with figs, dates, nuts, and spices), sugar being unknown. bar to passersby if they would. More than 7 out of 10 took the offer. The survey was staged by organizers of a computer-security conference. It was hardly scientific; only 172 people were polled, and it was not verified that people gave their real passwords. But experts say it shows how vulnerable computer networks are. Says a U.S. Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States official: "There's a serious lack of understanding out there of what's at risk when people are so cavalier cavalier (kăv'əlĭr`), in general, an armed horseman. In the English civil war the supporters of Charles I were called Cavaliers in contradistinction to the Roundheads, the followers of Parliament. about giving away their passwords." |
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