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49% of workers, when forced to update their password, reuse the same one with just a minor change:
A survey of 200 people conducted by security outfit HYPR has some alarming findings.
For instance, not only did 72% of users admit that they reused the same passwords in their personal life, but also 49% admitted that when forced to update their passwords in the workplace they reused the same one with a minor change.
Furthermore, many users were clearly relying upon their puny human memory to remember passwords (42% in the office, 35% in their personal lives) rather than something more reliable. This, no doubt, feeds users' tendency to choose weak, easy-to-crack passwords as well as reusing old passwords or making minor changes to existing ones.
What is so bad about changing "Password1" to "Password2"?
(Score: 2) by epitaxial on Friday December 13 2019, @06:30PM (1 child)
Knowing the model of car you drive could narrow this down quite a bit. Things like body styles and paint codes are all well known. By then it's down to maybe five numeric digits.
(Score: 2) by toddestan on Friday December 13 2019, @11:50PM
Well, that and the VIN is prominently displayed on the dashboard of the car, as well as many other less-obvious places. So anyone who has physical access to your car will be able to just read the VIN.
It's really kind of security through obscurity - it's only secure because no one knows you're doing that. You could also just as easily use one of your credit card numbers (a bit more secure than the VIN of your car), or perhaps the serial number of a special dollar bill that you keep in your wallet (don't spend it by accident!).
Though if you have to change your password every 6 months, does that mean you have to buy a new car?