"Either remember a variety of passwords or use a password management tool - software that manages your passwords for you so you only need to remember one master password for the tool, and it then recalls and enters the credentials for you - I recommend the latter".
Stobert and Biddle [29], when exploring users' coping strategies for password management (i.e., how they manage and keep track of their passwords), found that most users ration their efforts to protect accounts they feel are more important and minimize their efforts (e.g., by reusing password) for accounts of lesser importance.
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Specific survey instruments were adapted from prior work, including Ion et al.'s study comparing behaviors of expert and non-expert users, Stobert and Biddle's investigation of how users manage passwords, as well as Stobert's work on graphical passwords and password management [8, 29, 30].
Free password management programs like KeePass and 1Password can help people juggle passwords for numerous sites.
LastPass, SplashData and AgileBits offer password management software for Windows, Macs and mobile devices.
While some internet security experts would argue that you shouldn't trust a password management system that you haven't developed yourself, few of us have that level of technical ability, so password management software represents an option.
"A great password management tool is step one," says Laura Crossley, communications and engagement lead at Surevine.
Hackers would love to get their hands on a complete collection of all of your passwords, like those held at LastPass, a cloud-based password management service.
Password management firm SplashData has compiled more than 2m passwords leaked over the course of 2015, to find the 25 worst passwords – those used by the most people at the same time.
In a review of the breaches reported to the privacy regulator, the ICO uncovered some common basic errors that led to data breaches, including failing to update software and poor password management.
