Apps and websites have a bunch of rules to make your passwords safer - lots of characters, special symbols and frequent resets. But a federal tech agency is saying some requirements do more harm than ...

It’s certainly tempting to use the same password again and again — who really has the capacity to remember different ...

Our online passwords are the gatekeepers to our most sensitive, valuable information ― and yet so many of us choose weak options that are easily breached. (Sorry to tell you, but it’s time to retire ...

We still want your ideas for creating and remembering strong passwords, but at least one security consultant thinks it's the wrong approach. Here's why. Readers continue to flood us with suggestions ...

The vast majority of security systems are still dependent on this weakest of solutions — the username/password pair. In a world with road warriors, ubiquitous network access, keyloggers and trojans, ...

"Davide" (a real person, but not his real name), a mid-level executive at a major international bank, would not be overly difficult to hack. Like many employees of ...

Following Netflix’s lead, Disney+ is gearing up to keep its subscribers from sharing their accounts with others, starting with new password-sharing rules in Canada. Those rules come in a revised user ...

I hated them until I decided to use nonsensical standard answers. For example (not my "real" answers obviously): What was the name of my high school? Hogwarts. What was the name of my first girlfriend ...

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Netflix has greatly frowned upon password sharing for some time now, which is why the streaming company has been going through great measures to combat it as of late. The company ultimately began ...

I've been advocating to remove our scheduled password changes for 5 years and they just won't do it. Their reason: "What if a hacker is in the system. When we force a password change they'll be kicked ...