- World Passing Day is here
- Most Techradar -Readers use Google -Password
- Password Administrator is considered best practices for password hygiene
We asked our Techradar Pro readers at WhatsApp (you can join our channel here) to ask them which password administrator they use to keep their accounts secure, and the most popular was Google Password Manager, a free to use service easily accessible and built into Chrome and Android devices where 39% of the respondents chose this service. You can check out our full review of the Google Password Manager here.
Worrying, following closely the back, the readers who do not use a password management service at all were with 20% of our readers who chose to control their accounts of themselves. Look at our best password choices here if you need any recommendations.
Of course, having confidence in a third party with your passwords and credentials comes with a risk element, especially considering that security attacks on password managers have increased in the last year. If you choose to handle your password hygiene yourself, be sure to rotate them often, never reuse them between sites and always change them immediately if they are exposed in a break.
A close second
Of those using a password administrator, Apple passwords came just behind Google passwords, with 23% chose the service. This is a fairly basic manager, free and built in with Apple’s operating systems that helpfully report data violations and password health.
Many of our readers (17%) use a second third -party service, if you are, feel free to tell us which ones you recommend and why. Whichever you use, password control is definitely important, especially considering how much of our lives is digital;
“Good password hygiene and management are crucial in today’s world, where we all have many different accounts,” says Joel Latto, threat adviser at F-Secure
“If a hacker accesses an account that uses a similar password for another, it is easy for them to also get information from the other account. This makes it easier for them to get more information about you, which puts you at higher risk of identity theft, which can have devastating and worrying consequences, including financial loss.”
