World Password Day 2022: The Best Practices You Should Be Following — MacSources

Password security options you should not ignore any longer.

These days you can never be too careful when it comes to online security. While there are a lot of factors outside your control as a visitor online, there is one thing you can do. Have a strong, secure password. According to a 2018 survey from Statista, only 20% of the respondents said that they used different passwords for every single online login they own.

Sure, using the same user name and password makes things easier, but it is also a huge risk. With online threats being on the rise, using different passwords and changing them on a regular basis is essential to your online security. After all, stealing passwords and logins is the fundamental work that many hackers do.

If you are anything like me, you have accumulated hundreds of user names and passwords over the years, and tackling the task of organizing and changing them can be overwhelming. This is the exact reason that password managers exist. As an application, a password manager provides users a secure place to store and organize their private information. Some operating systems, like macOS, now offer a built-in option (Keychain) and while that’s a good start, it’s not the best that it can be.