Everyone knows that they shouldn’t use the same password for every website, but how many of us actually follow that rule?
Not many, according to a Forbes report, which found that more than 70% of people use the same password for multiple logins.
It’s certainly tempting to use the same password again and again — who really has the capacity to remember different passwords for all of the sites and apps you use? But while it’s certainly easier in the short-term to use the same passwords all the time, it poses some serious security risks in long run.
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Here’s why experts say you really shouldn’t reuse passwords:
Using the same password again and again makes it easy for hackers to access multiple accounts.
According to Alex Hamerstone, the advisory solutions director for TrustedSec, an ethical hacking company, if he were to set up a website that required people to create usernames and passwords to log in, he’d then be able to see each us
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