Women are more password savvy than blokes, according to a new survey.
A survey on security awareness by PC Tools found that 47 per cent of men use the same password for every website they visit, compared to just a quarter (26 per cent) of women who use the same insecure practice.
Nearly two-thirds of men polled said they would open a link or attachment from a friend without first checking its provenance, compared to a more cautious 48 per cent of women.
Despite this apparent blokish complacency, men were generally better informed than women about online risks. For example, 85 per cent of men were aware that channels including IM, email and webpages can be abused to spread malware. Meanwhile, 44 per cent of women were blind to the danger that malicious threats are liable to crop up on sites including Facebook and Twitter.
It's no coincidence that men are more aware of danger online and are less worried about it (I believe there is a causal effect there).
I used to be very careful with passwords, then I stopped caring. Until recently when I got my password manager back in business and have 256-bit passwords made by a random generator, encoded itself by a 400-and-something-bit password that I myself don't know (it's more secure that way ) - all saved physically apart from my computer.
Honestly though, passwords are the least of my worries. Browser-based scripting and unencrypted information are far scarier than any minor security issue such as online passwords. Pfft.
I work with about 200 people. Too many of them don't do good password security. And both men and women work here. I don't see it as one gender is better at password security than another gender.
I Think it is just a matter of convenience. I mean if I had to log in to The vista Forums with a password like s34jas14322rf3ffhfd4. IT takes ages to write, ages to remember and The ammount of websites i have an account on I would never remember all the passwords. And I agree with Vaguely Rapt. I'm more worried about hackers. Its easier to hack than figure out a password
) - all saved physically apart from my computer.
