Of personal email accounts, online banks and social networks, 32% of Russians never change passwords, data from an AlfaStrakhovanie study shows. At the same time, in almost half of the cases, users write their passwords in text files on a PC or keep them in notes on a smartphone.
Only 6% of respondents regularly (once a month or more) change passwords to access their personal accounts. Every quarter (26%) of those surveyed try to change passwords every few months, and more than a third (36%) of Russians pay attention to this every six months or a year.
45% prefer to store passwords in text files on a PC or smartphone, 28% – in notebooks and stickers.
More than half of Russians (57%) use the same password to access all services. Every fifth (21%) consider this option as the most convenient, and 36% trust the security of their data, since, in their opinion, it generates complex passwords.
According to “AlphaInsurance», 17% of respondents have not heard of two-factor authentication (2FA). Only half of Russians use a backup email address and phone number to access their personal email account.
The study was conducted using an online questionnaire among 1,705 Russians aged 18 to 60 years.
Author:
anastasia mariana
Source: RB
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