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Survey Shows How Stupid People Are With Passwords

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the your-password-is-trustno1 dept.

wiredmikey writes "Another study was released to today that once again shows how careless people really are online. When it comes to safeguarding personal information online, many people don't seem to care very much, or don't think enough about it. In the survey of more than 2,500 people, some interesting and scary trends were revealed in how users handle their online passwords..."

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  1. Re:Myth of stupid people... by egamma · · Score: 4, Informative

    I still don't know why Microsoft and other OS makers have not bought out roboform to integrate it into their OS and change the culture over time

    That was the original idea behind "Microsoft Wallet", which turned into "Microsoft Passport", currently known as "Windows Live ID". See also: Windows Cardspace.

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  2. Re:Websites are responsible too by Dogtanian · · Score: 4, Informative

    More like the (+1 "it's a trap!") mod, you mean.

    Obligatory bash.org quote (^_^)

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