Everyone keeps telling you not to reuse passwords. But why?

52% of people in the U.S. use the same password for multiple accounts and 13% – for all accounts. Surprisingly, more than every second of them believe their accounts are safer from online threats than the average person. We have quite a few optimists here!

But we also have a serious problem.

Since 4 out of 5 data breaches happen due to compromised, reused passwords, the gap between believing and actually having a safer than average account, deserves some serious attention and, of course, action.

What is password reuse?

Reusing passwords is a bad habit that unites around 66% of people. It happens when you use your password, let’s say, MyS1rong-Uniqu3$p-wrd on multiple accounts.

And yes, it’s still a bad practise even if that password is strong.

What is wrong with reused passwords?

Password reuse is dangerous, because it takes only one compromised account and you suddenly don’t have them all. Your accounts with personal data and credit card information included.

To put it in an example, if 66% of people reuse one password on a few accounts, whenever a hacker gets one, he’ll try to use the password on other platforms as well. Simply because there’s a big chance of success.

If not, then that data might be held for ransom, or go straight to the dark web for selling(as it was in leaked Zoom accounts case).

And finally, it is worth noticing that data breaches happen on a regular basis, including even the largest companies as Facebook, Google, Amazon and Ebay. Therefore, expecting none of the websites that have your data will get breached, is somewhat naive.

Secure shortcut: Online password manager

“Okay, I get it. But now what? You expect me to remember all my passwords?”

Absolutely not!

There is a secure tool that remembers everything for you. And that is an online password manager – a lifesaver for people who deliberately chose to protect their data, and not to keep their fingers crossed.

Why do you need an online password manager?

Because it solves the reused passwords problem in a convenient and secure way. How so?

• Remembering one password only you can access all your data – similarly as before, just this time there’s no risk of losing all your accounts!
• There’s no more need to spend time thinking what a strong password could be – generate new, complex passwords with a click.
• An online password manager automatically saves and fills your passwords for you – so you don’t even need to bother entering them on each website.

Best part is, an online password manager stores your data encrypted and synced 24/7, so security and convenience always go together with you.

Ready to build a new habit and put a stop to risky password reuse?

Try PassCamp – an online password manager – for free today, and make your accounts safer than the average person for real.