Bitwarden surveyed 2,400 individuals from the US, UK, Australia, France, Germany, and Japan to investigate current user password practices. The survey shows that 25% of respondents globally reuse passwords across 11-20+ accounts, and 36% admit to using personal information in their credentials publicly accessible on social media (60%) platforms and online forums (30%). These practices reveal a significant gap between recommended security practices and actual user behavior, highlighting how weak password habits and password reuse … More → The post Most people still rely on memory or pen and paper for password management appeared first on Help Net Security.
NaibofTabr ( @NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ) English4•2 months agoIf you’re writing down your passwords for personal use, and you keep them collected in a notebook or something you’re fine. If a bad guy has broken in to your home where they would have physical access to your notebook, then you have much bigger security problems than having your passwords compromised. Keeping a physical notebook of passwords would be much safer than keeping them in a file on your computer.
Password reuse is a much bigger security problem than writing your passwords down.
sexy_peach ( @sexy_peach@beehaw.org ) English4•2 months agoReplying on pen and paper is a very secure method to handle your passwords.
GiveOver ( @GiveOver@feddit.uk ) English4•2 months agoUntil they take a photo so they can have them on their phone
Aussiemandeus ( @Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone ) English2•2 months agoNot me, I’m dumb make up all my passwords.
Then I write them into a note file on my phone locked behind another password.
I’m sure it’s not safe