So I get this Avast security about home wifi network security, and one of the questions is:
My password includes: (select all that apply) *
Please choose at least one answer
My address
My name
My phone number
A significant date (such as birthdate, anniversary, etc.)
Child’s name
Pet’s name
Street name
And you MUST choose one of those answers! How about None of the Above?? Stupid - exited the survey.
Dan
exited the survey
That’s the best thing. Why would anyone begin to consider answering a survey that seeks to gain information about what’s in your password?
-Noel
A screen shot would be helpful. Thanks
I came on to say the same thing; you need to add a “None of the above” option
So the survey didn’t ask you to supply any of that information but only asked if you passward contained
any of that type of information.
None would and probably should have been another choice.
Indeed.
“None of the above” or “I don’t wish to answer” should be a option there.
So many have had this problem. Are there going to be changes made to the form?
Only Avast can answer that.
It’s even more stupid because, I’d hope for most people, they’d realise it’s a loaded question. Whatever your answer the result will be the same: using any of those password sources is a potential security risk. So if you answer in the affirmative to any of the choices no doubt sometime soon you’ll get an AVAST warning pop-up about network security and if not attached to that likely an unsolicited offer to buy a sponsored password manager will be winging its way to your inbox soon.
When I see a survey question like this, whether it has a “None of the above” option or not, it flags itself as no more than a thinly disguised piece of marketing phishing. Simply exit and ignore unless you want to open yourself to receiving such spam.
You probably misunderstand the purpose of the survey. They are trying to find out just how careless many people are with their security.
You probably misunderstand the purpose of the survey. They are trying to find out just how careless many people are with their security.
No misunderstanding because that was exactly the point I was making. It is the purpose and consequence of this excercise I was considering. As I said a survey like this, complete with such a loaded question, usually has an entirely commercial agenda.
Maybe “None of the above” was accidentally left off as an option but cynical old me thinks that unlikely.
These things are not done just for general informational purposes. Somewhere down the line they’re going to use it to justify trying to sell you something that you may not need and certainly haven’t asked for backed up using the skewed statistics gleaned from such self-serving surveys.
No misunderstanding because that was exactly the point I was making. It is the purpose and consequence of this excercise I was considering. As I said a survey like this, complete with such a loaded question, usually has an entirely commercial agenda.
Maybe “None of the above” was accidentally left off as an option but cynical old me thinks that unlikely.
These things are not done just for general informational purposes. Somewhere down the line they’re going to use it to justify trying to sell you something that you may not need and certainly haven’t asked for backed up using the skewed statistics gleaned from such self-serving surveys.
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Ultimately, it’s still up to you to take the survey or not. You aren’t forced to take it.
Simply discard the request. You’re probably correct in your assumption that the survey has a purpose and
the results in one way or another will be used to sell a product or an idea. It’s not cynical. It’s part of marketing.