Since most of us have been accumulating digital accounts, a password manager is a useful tool that can save us from the hassle of keeping track of every login and password we have.
In an exclusive survey of 1,000 people, Technology Radar Pro Three quarters of users were found to have at least one password manager to store our credentials, but most didn’t seem overly confident in their ability to keep those details safe.
One-third of respondents use a combination of a dedicated manager and one integrated with their browser, while another third use only one of the two. A little more than one in 10 uses two dedicated password managers, and a quarter use no managers at all.
trust issue
When asked how much they trust their password manager’s security, the results were unimpressive. Six out of ten was the most common score, chosen by 144 people, followed by five and seven, chosen by 140 and 136 people respectively.
Perhaps these middling numbers can be explained by recent stories of famous password managers being hacked, or concerns about the various privacy concerns surrounding giants like Apple and Google, both of which have made it irresistible to use their respective proprietary managers. browser, if you happen to use any of their devices and/or browsers.
The results may also reflect ambivalent attitudes toward the companies. On the one hand, one might think that the tech giants are bound to keep our passwords safe – in addition to having the resources to maintain a strong security posture, given how many resources they have, it would be a disaster for them if they had some kind of major breach Sexual PR lost.
But on the other hand, there’s a lot of mistrust in how these companies operate, and the aforementioned privacy issues are a real cause for concern for many.
However, analyzing the rest of the scores, more people did choose ratings between 8 and 10 than between 1 and 3 — 284 to 215. Additionally, 110 gave these utilities a perfect 10 and 97 gave them a perfect 10.
Splitting the results down the middle, nearly half (43.6%) of all respondents rated password managers as trustworthy on a scale of 1 to 5, and more than half (54.6%) rated password managers 6 to 10.
The results also contradict a previous survey we conducted in which a majority of respondents said they did not use a password manager. Another survey we conducted also found that most people don’t use password generators either — they come integrated with nearly all password managers, but there are standalone versions as well.
These two facts combined may explain why so many people develop bad password habits. In fact, there have been various reports on the state of passwords around the world, and nearly all of them have come to the same conclusion — we need to use them better.
However, this may be a moot point as passwordless systems gain prominence as new technologies for securing our digital world. These include biometric systems (such as facial recognition and fingerprint scanners), passwords, and single sign-on (SSO) technologies, which are available in many identity management software.
