{"id":16687,"date":"2024-11-24T13:37:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T12:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/24\/passwords-are-giving-way-to-better-security-methods-until-those-are-hacked-too-that-is\/"},"modified":"2024-11-24T13:37:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T12:37:19","slug":"passwords-are-giving-way-to-better-security-methods-until-those-are-hacked-too-that-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/24\/passwords-are-giving-way-to-better-security-methods-until-those-are-hacked-too-that-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Passwords are giving way to better security methods \u2013 until those are hacked too, that is"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a war that will never end. But for small-business owners, it\u2019s all about managing risk while reaping rewards<\/p>\n

We humans are simply too dumb to use passwords. A recent study<\/a> from password manager NordPass found that \u201csecret\u201d was the most commonly used password in 2024. That was followed by \u201c123456\u201d and \u201cpassword\u201d. So let\u2019s all give praise that the password is dying.<\/p>\n

Yes, we know that we should be using 20-letter passwords with weird symbols and numbers, but our minds can\u2019t cope. We use the same password for many accounts, be it for a newsletter subscription or our life savings. We all have too many passwords. So we opt for the easiest to remember \u2013 and steal.<\/p>\n

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\nIt\u2019s a war that will never end. But for small-business owners, it\u2019s all about managing risk while reaping rewards
\nWe humans are simply too dumb to use passwords. A recent study from password manager NordPass found that \u201csecret\u201d was the most commonly used password in 2024. That was followed by \u201c123456\u201d and \u201cpassword\u201d. So let\u2019s all give praise that the password is dying.
\nYes, we know that we should be using 20-letter passwords with weird symbols and numbers, but our minds can\u2019t cope. We use the same password for many accounts, be it for a newsletter subscription or our life savings. We all have too many passwords. So we opt for the easiest to remember \u2013 and steal. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a war that will never end. But for small-business owners, it\u2019s all about managing risk while reaping rewards We humans are simply too dumb to use passwords. A recent study from password manager NordPass found that \u201csecret\u201d was the most commonly used password in 2024. That was followed by \u201c123456\u201d and \u201cpassword\u201d. So let\u2019s …<\/p>\n

Passwords are giving way to better security methods \u2013 until those are hacked too, that is<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16687"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}