Today is World Password Day: 23 million people still use "123456"
Today May 5 is celebrated around the world the "World Password Day", a world day created by Intel in 2013 with the aim of contributing to the awareness of digital security.
According to the UK's National Cybersecurity Center and a survey conducted by the Uswitch company, it appears that 23 million people worldwide use the number sequence "123456" as a password, 30% of people using their year of birth and 39 % a pet name as part of their password. What's more, 25% of users are used to writing their passwords on a sheet of paper.
The most common rules that digital platforms suggest for generating a secure password are:
- use a mixed combination of characters
- have a different password for each service
- the longer the password, the more secure it is
- change your password regularly
- Two-factor authentication is essential
It seems silly to say it, but when you use so many online services it is really very difficult even for an experienced digital user in my opinion to always be able to respect these rules. It is therefore almost obvious that the inexperienced user, or who does not have full knowledge of the risks, is more vulnerable.
In any case, it is good to talk about it, it is probably the concept of password that should be revised for a future development of digital that can be considered really safe, but to do this, digital platforms should adapt so that the user does not necessarily have to be expert. Two-factor authentication can be an answer, today it's efficient in the case of centralized systems, but how do you solve the problem easily when it comes to decentralization?
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Can't believe that there are 23 million people worldwide who still use that combination. really dangerous especially if they're keeping big secret.
What's more, 25% of users are used to writing their passwords on a sheet of paper
The true matter, even for experienced users, is the following: people like me working 100% online (including my teaching job), are signed up to tons of sites. It's pretty impossible to memorize thousands of passwords, between old and new. I have an Italian colleague who purchased an encrypted service, but not each user can afford (our earnings could get evaporated easily, remembering online earnings cannot usually compare with offline ones, if we begin to purchase this and that online service). I use a diary where I store all password. It's many years I use that diary and I'm satisfied of the result (obviously, I'm the only having access to that diary: nor my husband touches it). 2FA is essential too.
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Very useful comment, thank you very much. I agree with you, and that's what I meant. Even experienced users end up not meeting the requirements because when you deal with too many passwords then ease of use becomes more important than security. It is necessary to focus on a new concept of authentication that allows everyone, even those who are not experts, to be able to act safely. This is an important limitation for a truly free internet within everyone's reach.
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how did u know my mom's phone password?! :P It's pretty silly.. why even use the password feature if u are goona us something so simple?
oh well. I luv 2FA.. it feels so secure when they need to call/text/email me to login or make some changes..
haha a simple password can sometimes be useful if it does not have to protect anything important, the two-factor authentication instead is really safe if applied in the right way, sometimes it seems more secure than it is in the use that is made of it today. There is still a long way to go in my opinion.
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