Just found out most people reuse passwords on banking sites... scary stat

I was reading a report from a security firm last night and saw that 65% of people use the same password for their email and their bank account. That one stuck with me because I thought everyone knew better by now. How many of you actually use a different password for every login you have?

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zarapalmer2d ago

Oh man, I'm totally guilty of this. I have like three passwords that I rotate through for everything, and my bank login is one of them. My memory is terrible so I'd just lock myself out of everything if I tried to be smart about it.

seth_martinez211d ago

My buddy Dave used the same password for his email, his Netflix, and his work login. One day his email got hacked, and the guy reset his Netflix to some random account and then locked him out of his work stuff too. His boss had to call IT to get him back in, and they made him sit through a whole security training. He ended up having to change every single password for all his accounts over the next three days. Now he uses a password manager and says he'll never go back, but it took getting burned to learn. I think you're better off using one of those apps that remembers everything for you.