Despite ongoing efforts by security researchers and internet titans to push us to use stronger passwords and two-factor authentication to secure online accounts, people are lazy and continue to make ...

“Choose a combination of letters, numbers, special characters and cases.” “Don’t reuse passwords for multiple accounts.” “Set a password that you haven’t used before.” Everyone has seen these types of ...

Common wisdom says that you should never write down your passwords, and for the most part I agree. Especially if you write it down on a sticky note attached to your screen bezel. However, lately I've ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. There are plenty of lists of horror passwords. Those that are too ...

Nowadays, it seems that we cannot do anything without passwords. Experts constantly warn us to be careful about using passwords that can be easily figured out by bad actors, advising us to create long ...