Elderly Use More Secure Passwords Than Millennials, Says Report (qz.com)

An anonymous reader writes from a report via Quartz: A report released May 24 by Gigya surveyed 4,000 adults in the U.S. and U.K. and found that 18- to 34-year-olds are more likely to use bad passwords and report their online accounts being compromised. The majority of respondents ages 51 to 69 say they completely steer away from easily cracked passwords like "password," "1234," or birthdays, while two-thirds of those in the 18-to-34 age bracket were caught using those kind of terms. Quartz writes, "The diligence of the older group could help explain why 82% of respondents in this age range did not report having had any of their online accounts compromised in the past year. In contrast, 35% of respondents between 18 and 34 said at least one of their accounts was hacked within the last 12 months, twice the rate of those aged 51 to 69."

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Re:A few thoughts...

[TheCarp]

> The older group are probably more likely to have their passwords written down on sticky notes under their keyboards, or stuck to their monitors.

The day malware can lift your keyboard to look, the seniors are going to be in a lot of trouble.