A secure relationship with passwords means not being attached to how you pick them

Warkentin, Merrill and Renaud, Karen and Otondo, Robert (2019) A secure relationship with passwords means not being attached to how you pick them. The Conversation. (https://theconversation.com/a-secure-relationship-...)

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Abstract

When you are asked to create a password – either for a new online account or resetting login information for an existing account – you're likely to choose a password you know you can remember. Many people use extremely basic passwords, or a more obscure one they reuse across many sites. Our research has found that others – even ones who use different passwords for each site – have a method of devising them, for instance basing them all on a familiar phrase and making site-specific tweaks.

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Warkentin, Merrill, Renaud, Karen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7187-6531 and Otondo, Robert;
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