How Internet Users Are Getting Sloppy With Their Passwords [Infographic]

Identity theft is a threat that everyone takes seriously until they actually have to do something about it: in a recent survey of adults, 38 percent said they would rather clean the toilet than try and remember their passwords. Here's why: another study found that 96 percent of people who have online identities are using more than 5 passwords to keep them safe. Maybe the constant need to log in and out on different sites has made some internet users too tired to care.

Identity theft is a threat that everyone takes seriously until they actually have to do something about it: in a recent survey of adults, 38 percent said they would rather clean the toilet than try and remember their passwords.

Here’s why: another study found that 96 percent of people who have online identities are using more than 5 passwords to keep them safe. Out of that group, 30 percent had 10 or more passwords to remember and 8 percent had 21 or more.

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