Your password habit is an open door for hackers. Here’s the fix that takes 5 minutes
This is an issue that I've been on about since the old BoP days. I believe it's very important. This again, is from Kim Komando today. I have condensed the text to post it here:
84% of Americans don’t use a unique password for every account, and hackers are counting on it. Here’s what credential stuffing is, why most password managers are junk and the one I trust with my own logins.
A January 2026 survey found 84% of Americans don’t use a unique password for every account. 65% use predictable patterns like birthdays, pet names or password123. The wildest part? 89% of people know reusing passwords is risky, but only 12% actually stop doing it.
Here’s what happens.
A hacker steals your login from one random website. A pizza delivery app. An old forum you forgot about. They plug that email and password into your bank, your Amazon, your email, your health portal. It works on at least three of them because you used the same one.
That’s called credential stuffing. It’s behind 80% of hacking-related breaches.
The average person juggles around 100 passwords. Nobody’s remembering 100 unique ones. That’s not a willpower problem. That’s a math problem.
Link to article: Your password habit is an open door for hackers. Here’s the fix that takes 5 minutes - Komando.com
Everything said is sad, but I'm sure it's true. Just read where it's not usually necessary to pay for a password manager, as several services like Google and Norton and probably others have free ones. I wouldn't even attempt to manage the dozens of passwords I have without one. And frankly, once you get used to using one, they're actually pretty easy and reliable.