Password security
What matters when it comes to password security: Still simple, but secure! Streaming and e-mail services, banking transactions, social media and smart home devices - all these online transactions require a password - every online shop alone needs a separate one when registering. There is a lot of information that needs to be remembered. But if we're honest, we often put convenience ahead of security when it comes to this topic - and use the same and mostly relatively insecure passwords for several accounts. At least that is the result of a study commissioned by Bitdefender, in which more than 10,000 users worldwide were asked about their online behavior. According to this, around half of all respondents use only one password for all their online accounts; a third reuse a few passwords across multiple accounts. This is a welcome invitation for hackers. In addition, more than half of respondents say they use easy-to-remember passwords. With the large number of accounts that ev...