Most consumers admit to sharing passwords with someone outside their home

guest · Apr 18, 2020

Most consumers admit to sharing passwords with someone outside their home
April 17, 2020
https://www.zdnet.com/article/most-...ng-passwords-with-someone-outside-their-home/

Texas-based Insurance company Zebra Insurance services polled over 1,500 Americans about sharing passwords in February 2020 using Google consumer surveys. It wanted to understand their biggest home security fears and discover their password sharing habits.

It discovered that almost four in five (79%) of consumers admitted to sharing passwords with someone outside their home. Video streaming services passwords are the most likely to be shared with 35% of others.
Three in 10 (29%) share their passwords with delivery services and one in 10 (9%) share their music streaming passwords.

As 39% of people use the same password for every service, hacking is a real threat to personal data. Yet only one in five (20%) of Americans are worried about identity theft or hacking.
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To minimize your risk of getting hacked, Zebra recommends limiting the number of people who know your password and make sure you have a variety of diverse, complex passwords for all your accounts.

Sharing your passwords with people who are not as savvy as you can massively increase that risk.
It really is not worth the potential hassle.
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[SURVEY] 79% of Americans Share Passwords, But Only 13% Are Worried About Identity Theft

Password sharing: more dangerous than you think
The general consensus is that the only “victims” of password sharing are the streaming service companies, but the issue is often much more complex than that.

Our survey showed that Americans are much more concerned about their homes getting broken into (33%) or a house fire (28%) than any online threat. But given that 39% of people use the same password for everything, hacking is a much greater threat than most people realize.
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The Hammer · Apr 18, 2020

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