I got a 10 as well, though security is only a small piece of my job.
Bone, the writer means that you are in the 99th percentile on the test
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I had the same reaction to both these questions. I had a moment of, “Do they want the security professor answer, or the common usage answer?” I went with the second. The HTTPS one was just terribly written. And, I also still think of phishing as just an attempt to get login credentials, but I think many people even in the security industry have started to use the term for all kinds of email delivered attacks. I think this is unfortunate loss of precision in the jargon, but whatcha gonna do?
10/10 but the company that I have consulted for over 7 years makes me take much longer versions of similar tests many times a year. I don’t even need to read the material anymore. I just click through them and complete supposedly hour long tests in 10 minutes or less. That test is very straightforward and not that difficult if you know anything about cyber-security. It is appalling that most people score that poorly. My officemate is a lowly printer specialist junior employee and I would bet anything that he could still hit 9/10.
Honestly, I don’t think so. While I thought the test was fairly easy, I can’t imagine most people really know or care what “https” is, what a botnet is, what ransomware is, how tracking works on your phone, etc. Like I said, I thought it was an easy test, but I like this stuff and read about it. I can’t imagine most people really give a shit down to that fine a level.
I got a 9 out of 10 and I know very little about the subject, most of it could be guessed with a little thought and common sense.
And then they made the claim that I did better than 99% of the people that took the test.
Because these tests are nothing but click bait and the goal of the people that publish them is to get as many likes and shares and tweets as they possibly can. And whose going to post a low score on Facebook?
I put this theory to the test recently when I saw a link titled " Do you have he vision of a pilot"?
I solved all 10 vision test and was told I have " the vision of a pilot. Only one percent of the population can see as well as you can! Quit your day job and go into aviation! Don’t put your precious gift to waste.
Which is funny because a cataract has reduced the vision in my left eye down to shapes and blurs.
It’s a Pew Research Center quiz, so I actually think the numbers are legit. There’s no reason for me to doubt them. Like I said above, I really don’t think most people would know the answers to half those questions.
10/10. Pretty trivial for anyone paying attention to these issues, but also not surprised that only 1% of people would get that score.
You can see a per-question breakdown at the end. The last 3 questions were apparently the hardest, with only 10% answering the GPS question correctly, and the other two at 13% and 16%. I’m not surprised that people wouldn’t know about VPN (although even my mom used to use it for her work email), but you’d think people would know cell towers and WiFi hotspots can keep track of your location.
Another not very good question was #3: “A group of computers that is networked together and used by hackers to steal information is called a …” The answer they’re going for is “botnet” which is partially correct. You can siphon information from machines in a botnet. You can also use a botnet as the means to deliver information-stealing malware to more victims. But you can also use a botnet to distribute ransomware, conduct DDoS attacks, conduct click fraud, send spam, etc. I think the question implies that stealing information is the sole, or at least primary, purpose of a botnet, which is debatable.
WOW I got 8/10. Rarely do I do this good especially with computer items. Guess being on the internet/computer learned me something
I missed the first and last.
The safest password? That had to be the easiest question!
Virtual dummy here, 9 of 10. missed the two step authentication. Mostly because I didn’t read the question correctly I think.
I don’t work in IT, I am just generally paranoid.
10/10
I am not in IT. I read a bit about it (mostly on this message board). Really I just knew enough to eliminate the wrong answers.
That said, who cares if anyone not explicitly in cybersecurity knows what a botnet is?
10/10!
I took the test and it told me that the 80’s band I should be in was the Dead Kennedys. It also told me I should move to California.
Just kidding. I got 10/10 and am a certified idiot.
I do not work in IT and I got 7/10. Better than I thought I’d do.
Yeah, well, that’s one I missed so… I thought the additional character might have made into*48 better.
10/10, but 40 years in cyberville will do that. And at least I can write stuff better than the redundant “…of the public of the public…”
Not really, while common advice and I did get a 10/10 complex and short passwords are actually far easier to crack than longer less complex passwords.
But it was an OK survey to see what peoples general if not experimentally verified understanding is.
I got 10/10. Between working in IT for 25+ years and online gaming, I’d have been surprised if I missed any of those.
9/10. I’ve never heard of a Botnet.
That’s because your computer is probably one of them. Ever wonder what your CPU is doing behind your back?
I thought it was the hardest, actually, and probably the worst question on there.
All the passwords are way too short to be secure. Sure, one of them uses a larger character space and doesn’t include dictionary words, but it’s still so bad!
Also, the “two factor” authentication question is bad, because it only shows us one of the factors. The other is implied, but might not exist. I’ve seen websites where you don’t have a password, and they simply always send a temporary token to your email address to log in.
10/10.