The age of Passwords is in its twilight years, and this recent hack showcases the need for a move towards passcodes.
Today according to Cybernews.com, they had researcher find out that massive data sets have 16 billion passwords exposed. What is more concerning is that alot of this data is new and not just a trove of passwords from other previous breaches.
We need to start moving away from passwords in my opinion. While passwords were reasonable in the past, they are too vulnerable now. It is time for change now.
How to move away from Passwords: Choose the Passcode
Microsoft and Google are attempting to move away from passwords. These titans in software have made an attempt to give their customers an ability to change over to passcodes.
Why are Passcodes better than Passwords?
In my experience, Passcodes are more convenient than having to store tons of passwords in your browser. It is a simple and easy passcode that you type in and you do not have worry about remembering them either.
Passwords are exposed in our age
Passwords can be lying in a server for 1990s websites for years. Such aged passwords can be a problem for cybersecurity in the future. Many older websites such as Yahoo and Google have userbases that are older than that of TikTok or Snapchat. The latter sites were born in a time when automatic logins using Google and Facebook accounts was more widespread than before the mid 2000s. The time is now to move towards passcodes
Hackers are getting smarter at stealing passwords
Hackers are as persistent as ever and are not going to give up now. The time is now to start thinking about moving towards passcodes. We have seen the many data breaches for many years now. Why is taking so long for us to take cybersecurity seriously? People’s identities are at stake in digital age, and we need to start taking hygiene with the at most seriousness that we take such manipulations in our system in the analog realm. It is by preventing for the future we can prevent these data breaches from affecting cyberspace too much.
Caution serves you the best on the Internet
Even after years of using the internet, people are still not able to secure their accounts. What people need to do is this: the best offense is the best defense. The best offense in this situation is taking charge of your own cyber hygiene. Make sure you have passwords that are hard to crack, and you do not post any personal information online. However, the best way to secure your accounts is to transition towards passcodes to secure your information online so you can rest assured your actions on the internet will be under your sovereignty as a citizen.
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