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WSJ: What Keeps People From Using Password Managers?
No pay wall: https://archive.is/HCtcT
Many of us are vulnerable to hackers and eager to secure our online accounts, but lots of us also refuse to use an obvious solution: password managers.
Why? Our research has found that the typical reassurances and promises about password managers just don’t work. Fortunately, our research also suggests there are strategies that can persuade people to get past the psychological barriers and keep their data safe.
[...] In a study I conducted with my Ph.D. student Norah Alkaldi, we found that the two most common methods of persuasion were ineffective in getting people to adopt password managers. The first is the “push” approach—the idea that by showing people the dangers of using simple passwords, recording passwords on their computer or using the same passwords at different sites, we would push them to adopt a safer approach. Users, we found, don’t respond to the push strategy.
[...] The other, “pull,” approach—focusing on the positives of password managers—didn’t deliver any better results.
[...] We discovered two types of “mooring factors” that keep people from changing their behavior.
[...] First, there was the effort required to enter all your passwords into the password manager.
[...] People also fear they will lose all their passwords if they forget their master password.
(Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 18 2021, @10:07AM (4 children)
Password managers are useless. If you don't want to remember passwords, there are many better solutions...
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 18 2021, @01:32PM (1 child)
The easiest solution is not to use passwords. Obviously works for me - not logged in, don't need a password.
Passwords for internet banking? I don't use the internet to bank - problem solved.
Web mail passwords? I don't use webmail. Problem solved. If you know me, you can text me. If you don't know me, I don't want to hear from you anyway. I already know hundreds of people (maybe 1,000). So why would I need social media and social media passwords?
My phone? No password. But it's always in my pocket if it's not charging or in my hands. Don't have to futz with finger print readers or facial recognition in rain, snow, or -30° weather.
Taxes, etc? Snail mail.
Well, gotta go, I have a life that is too damn busy to waste much time on the shitternet. Try doing a digital detox for a month. You'll probably dump most of your accounts that require passwords.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 19 2021, @01:25AM
See you in a month, I guess. Thank for dropping in.
(Score: 2) by MIRV888 on Friday June 18 2021, @03:44PM (1 child)
A piece of paper kept in a lock box is extremely difficult to hack.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 18 2021, @04:26PM
Unless you purchase a $3 hacksaw.