Never Use Your Master Password as a Password on Other Accounts

One in three Americans now use password managers, up from one in five in 2022, according to an online poll by Security.org that quizzed 1,051 American adults on how they use passwords and password managers. Users opt for password managers for multiple reasons: they have to manage numerous accounts across various devices, they want the added security password managers provide, and they want to stop memorizing too many complex passwords. The software is mostly installed on phones, but the number of password managers installed on laptops, desktops, tablets and other devices has been rising year-over-year. “This year, three-quarters of subscribers use vaults on personal computers, and 71 percent deploy them across multiple devices,” the security experts noted. “With remote working and cloud databases now firmly established corporate practices, professional use of password managers also continues to rise. This year, we found that 58 percent of adults use the services for employment credentials, up from 50 percent last year.”