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People know password reuse is risky but keep doing it anyway (www.helpnetsecurity.com)

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35% of Gen Z said they never or rarely update passwords after a data breach affecting one of their accounts, according to Bitwarden. Only 10% reported always updating compromised passwords. 38% of Gen Z and 31% of Millennials only change a single character or simply recycle an existing password. 79% of Gen Z admit password reuse is risky, yet 59% recycle an existing password when updating accounts with companies that disclose data breaches. 55% of … More → The post People know password reuse is risky but keep doing it anyway appeared first on Help Net Security.

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[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

I'm coming around to passkeys as I learn and understand the what and how

Absent that I'm already came around to passphrases because in a situation where I can't use the autofill of my password manager – still more common that I thought – I can remember phrases short term a lot easier than a vomit of characters as I read from my password manager

Then somehow you encounter a site or something that still has stupid password rules