INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Poor password hygiene compromises personal data privacy
According to Tomas Smalakys, CTO at NordPass, this could be associated with people managing shared accounts and using easy-to-remember
passwords for convenience
In contrast, the strongest passwords are used for financial accounts.Instead of improving password creation habits, internet users have gone
in another direction by sticking to already pre-configured passwords
The study also revealed what kind of passwords people use for different platforms and whether they vary in strength.To find out about
passwords users employ for different platforms, NordPass researchers analysed a 6.6 TB database of passwords.
