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A reporter for a personal computer magazine posed as a representative of an anti-virus company conducting a public survey on password habits, news agency TT reported Wednesday. After being promised chocolate for taking part in the survey, many disclosed their Internet passwords to the reporter, TT said.

Despite longtime urging by security experts for Internet users to keep a tight lid on passwords, 23 of the 34 people interviewed revealed passwords for both pay sites and social sites like Facebook.

In another survey, the magazine polled 5,000 computer users on their password habits.

Only 30 percent claimed they never forgot a password, three of four said they used one password for a number of sites, and two-thirds said they had not changed their passwords in over a year, TT reported.

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