Trick with treat – Reciprocity increases the willingness to communicate personal data

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Highlights：

• Information security is a challenge for information and communication technologies.

• Many users are lacking the awareness of the risk of social engineering strategies.

• More than one third of participants were willing to reveal personal passwords.

• Elicitation was more successful when a small incentive (i.e., chocolate) was given.

摘要

•Information security is a challenge for information and communication technologies.•Many users are lacking the awareness of the risk of social engineering strategies.•More than one third of participants were willing to reveal personal passwords.•Elicitation was more successful when a small incentive (i.e., chocolate) was given.

论文关键词：Persuasion,Information security,Passwords,Reciprocity,Social psychology,Social engineering

论文评审过程：Received 3 November 2015, Revised 7 March 2016, Accepted 9 March 2016, Available online 24 March 2016, Version of Record 24 March 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.03.026