Baby Boomers beat Gen Z in password hygiene, but both generations still don’t stick to the best practices — and many people are still using decades-old passwords that they made as kids
- NordPass study claims older generations are more likely to change passwords than younger generations
- But younger users are more in tune with password storage services, preferring to use password managers over memory and writing them down
- All generations are failing to adhere to the best practices when it comes to password hygiene
Many people may believe Gen Z are the best when it comes to adopting new tech, but a new study by NordPass polling 7,861 respondents between the ages of 18-74 suggests that they might be the worst generation for password hygiene.
It’s not uncommon for people to pick a particular word or phrase as a password and alternate special characters, numbers, and capital letters to keep it ‘unique’, but this practice is weakened when the same central password is used for years—or even decades.
In fact, Gen Z has been found to be the generation least likely to...
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