A day of strong passwords would be more important<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nUnfortunately, the worldwide \u201cchange your password day\u201d leaves some aspects completely behind. It should be a \u201cday of better passwords\u201d or a \u201cday of strong passwords\u201d. Changing all passwords once a year is pointless if you change \u201ctest123\u201d to \u201ctest1234\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition, all well-intentioned advice and hints only concern the user himself. The \u201cchange your password tag\u201d was only introduced because companies like Dropbox, AOL or Adobe have been too negligent with user data in the past. These companies should all check whether the stored data is all needed! Hello Facebook!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition, a \u201cdelete your data day\u201d would also make sense. How many accounts have been created in the last two decades that nobody uses anymore? Lots! These accounts have often been floundering on almost unprotected servers for years and now represent a real security risk. Why? The answer is quite clear: Even today, users still use the same passwords for their accounts as they did in the old days. Once a password has been cracked on an unprotected server, hackers often find it frighteningly easy to assign other accounts to this user. And whoops! Now also the remaining accounts are hacked\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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