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‘We must do more to protect our credentials’: Password security has barely changed since 2015 — and that's a big problem for everyone

3 days, 8 hours ago   techradar.com
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  • Samples of passwords from 2015 and 2025 have been compared
  • Password security is improving, but they're still being reused
  • People struggle to remember unique passwords

Despite the rise of many tools to make securing credentials easier, not enough has changed in password habits over the past 10 years.

Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler has compared password trends from 2015 to a monumental leak of passwords in 2025 to understand what habits - if any - have changed.

The findings show that 2025’s recommended practices for a secure password are incompatible with human memory.

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Password trends

The samples analyzed by Fowler show that ...


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