Password and ICT Background

Participant Information
Please confirm you are 18 years or older. *
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Once the information collected from this study is analyzed the findings will be posted on this website. You will need a password to return to the
website to view the findings and to complete a brief follow-up study and receive another reward from MyView. Create your password in the
textbox below.
Please note: It is advised that you do choose a password that is different from your other passwords. Create a password similar to
the kind you would normally use.
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Password and ICT Background

1. What is the longest password you have ever voluntarily used?
   6
   characters
   or less
   7
   characters
   8
   characters
   9
   characters
   10
   characters
   11
   character
   Longer than
   12
   characters
2. How many email accounts do you currently have?
3. Have you ever voluntarily changed any of your email passwords?
4. Have you ever shared any of your email passwords?
5. How would you rate your computer skills?
   Poor Average Excellent
   Yes No
   Yes No
6. How would you rate your computer security knowledge?
   Poor Average Excellent
   Have you or someone you know ever been a victim of hacking?
7. Have you ever had your important email account, online shopping account or online banking account hacked into? If yes, please indicate
   the degree to which that experience affected you (in terms of lost data, lost time, monetary losses, identity theft etc.) If no, please select ‘no’.
   No Low impact High Impact
8. Has someone you know personally ever had their important email account, online shopping account or online banking account hacked
   into? If yes, please indicate the degree to which that experience affected them (in terms of lost data, lost time, monetary losses, identity theft
   etc.) If no, please select ‘no’.
   No Low impact High Impact
   Likelihood of Password Threats
9. There is a chance that someone could successfully guess at least one of my passwords
   Strongly
   disagree
   Neither agree
   nor disagree Strongly agree
10. There is a chance that someone could successfully crack at least one of my passwords using password cracking software
    Strongly
    disagree
    Neither agree
    nor disagree Strongly agree
11. There is a chance that someone could hack into at least one of my important email accounts
    Strongly
    disagree
    Neither agree
    nor disagree Strongly agree
12. If someone hacked into my important email account, there is a chance that they could guess my other important passwords
    Strongly
    disagree
    Neither agree
    nor disagree Strongly agree
    Impact of Password Threats
13. Someone successfully guessed any of your important email passwords
    Not at all severe Very severe
14. Someone hacked into any of your important email accounts
    Not at all severe Very severe
15. Someone used any of your important email accounts to send messages to your contact list without your knowledge
    Not at all severe Very severe
16. Someone obtained your personal information from your important email accounts
    Not at all severe Very severe
17. Someone changed the password to your important email accounts without your knowledge
    Not at all severe Very severe
18. Someone stole the password to one of your important email accounts
    Not at all severe Very severe
    Concern about Password Threats
19. The thought of someone guessing the password to any of my important email accounts makes me worried
    Strongly
    disagree
    Neither agree
    nor disagree Strongly agree
20. The thought of someone hacking into any of my important email accounts makes me worried
    Strongly
    disagree
    Neither agree
    nor disagree Strongly agree
21. The thought of someone using any of my important email accounts without my knowledge makes me worried
    Strongly
    disagree
    Neither agree
    nor disagree Strongly agree
22. The thought of someone using my personal information from any of my important email accounts makes me worried
    Strongly
    disagree
    Neither agree
    nor disagree Strongly agree
23. The thought of someone changing or deleting information obtained from any of my important email accounts makes me worried
    Strongly
    disagree
    Neither agree
    nor disagree Strongly agree
24. The thought of someone using password monitoring software to record my important passwords makes me worried
    Strongly
    disagree
    Neither agree
    nor disagree Strongly agree
    Effectiveness of Password Security Measures
25. Making sure that my passwords contain a combination of numbers, letters and symbols will prevent my passwords from being guessed
    Strongly
    disagree
    Neither agree
    nor disagree Strongly agree
26. Making sure that my passwords do not contain any dictionary words will make them more difficult to guess
    Strongly
    disagree
    Neither agree
    nor disagree Strongly agree
27. Making sure that my passwords do not contain personal information such as my date of birth will make them more difficult to guess
    Strongly
    disagree
    Neither agree
    nor disagree Strongly agree
28. I can protect my online accounts better if I use a different password for each of my online accounts
    Strongly
    disagree
    Neither agree
    nor disagree Strongly agree
29. I can protect my online accounts better if I change my passwords regularly
    Strongly
    disagree
    Neither agree
    nor disagree Strongly agree
30. I can protect my online accounts better if I use a long complex password
    Strongly
    disagree
    Neither agree
    nor disagree Strongly agree
    Remembering strong passwords
31. Remembering a password that contains a combination of numbers, letters and symbols would be difficult
    Strongly
    disagree
    Neither agree
    nor disagree Strongly agree
32. Remembering a password that is long and complex would be difficult
    Strongly
    disagree
    Neither agree
    nor disagree Strongly agree
33. Remembering a password that does not contain any dictionary words would be difficult
    Strongly
    disagree
    Neither agree
    nor disagree Strongly agree
34. Remembering a password that does not contain personal information such as date of birth would be difficult
    Strongly
    disagree
    Neither agree
    nor disagree Strongly agree
35. If I use different passwords for each of my web accounts, it would be difficult for me to remember them all
    Strongly
    disagree
    Neither agree
    nor disagree Strongly agree
36. If I change my passwords regularly, it would be difficult for me to remember them
    Strongly
    disagree
    Neither agree
    nor disagree Strongly agree
    Ability to create strong passwords
37. If I had instructions on how to create a strong password
    Not at all
    confident Totally confident
38. If I had step-by-step instructions on how to memorize a strong password
    Not at all
    confident Totally confident
39. If I had a lot of time to create a strong password
    Not at all
    confident Totally confident
40. If I had used strong passwords before
    Not at all
    confident Totally confident
    Changing ‘important’ passwords
41. I would choose a password that follows the password length requirement suggested by the system
    Not at all Likely Very likely
42. I would choose a password with a combination of numbers, letters, and symbols as suggested by the system
    Not at all Likely Very Likely
43. I would choose a password that is difficult to guess
    Not at all Likely Very Likely
44. I would choose a password that follows all the guidelines provided by the system
    Not at all Likely Very Likely
45. I would choose a password that is different from my old password
    Not at all Likely Very Likely
46. I would choose a password that is different from my other online passwords
    Not at all Likely Very Likely
    Changing ‘less important’ passwords
47. I would choose a password that follows the password length requirement suggested by the system
    Not at all Likely Very likely
48. I would choose a password with a combination of numbers, letters, and symbols as suggested by the system
    Not at all Likely Very Likely
49. I would choose a password that is difficult to guess
    Not at all Likely Very Likely
50. I would choose a password that follows all the guidelines provided by the system
    Not at all Likely Very Likely
51. I would choose a password that is different from my old password
    Not at all Likely Very Likely
52. I would choose a password that is different from my other online passwords
    Not at all Likely Very Likely
    Demographics
53. Please select your gender.
54. How old are you?
55. What is the highest level of education you have completed?
    Male
    Female
    Less than high school
    Graduated high school or equivalent
    Some college, no degree
    Bachelor’s degree
    Post-graduate
56. Comments/Questions:
    Change your Password
    *
    Please change your previously selected password. Make sure your new password is strong and easy to remember.
    Please note: It is advised that you do choose a password that is different from your other passwords.
    Don’t forget you will use the password to return to this website to access the study results. You will also need the password to return to
    the website and answer a few brief follow-up questions and receive another reward from MyView.
    You old password is: [question(“value”), id=”16″] Please create a new password as required.