- The day of the password is here
- Most Techradar readers are using Google password
- Password administrators are considered best practices for password hygiene
We find our Techradar Pro readers at WhatsApp (you can join our channel here) to ask them what password administrator they use to keep their accounts, and the most popular was Google Passions Manager, a free service to use easily and integrated into Chrome and Android devices, with 39% of the respondents who chose this service. You can consult our complete review of the Google password administrator here.
Worryingly, following readers who do not use a password administration service, with 20% of our readers who choose to administer their accounts for themselves. Take a look at our elections for the best password administrator here if you need any recommendation.
Trusting a third party with its passwords and credentials, naturally, comes with a risk element, especially since security attacks on password administrators have fired in the last year. If you choose to handle your password hygiene yourself, be sure to rotate them often, never reuse them between the sites and always change them immediately if they are exposed in a violation.
A close second
Of those who use a password administrator, Apple Passwords approached Google Passwords with 23% choosing the service. This is a fairly basic, integrated and integrated manager with Apple operating systems, which is useful about data violations and password health.
Many of our readers (17%) use a different third party service, if that is you, do not hesitate to let us know which one recommends and why. No matter which one uses, password management is definitely important, especially given the amount of our lives is digital;
“Good hygiene and password management is crucial in today’s world, where we all have many different accounts,” says Joel Latto, F-Secure threat advisor
“If a hacker gains access to an account that uses a password similar to another, it is easy for them to also obtain information from the other account. This makes it easier for them to obtain more information about you, which puts it at a greater risk of identity theft, which can have devastating and distressing consequences, including financial loss.”
