Security News > 2021 > December > How and why people use password managers

A report released Monday by security advice site Security.org looks at why people rely on password managers.

In a survey of 1,077 American adults conducted in November, Security.org asked people about their experience with cybercrime, how they track their passwords and their views of password managers.

Among people who tried to memorize their passwords, save them in their browser, or write them on paper, the percentage of those victimized by identity theft ranged from 28% to 31%. The respondents who do use password managers cited a few reasons for doing so.

If you use a password manager on a mobile device or on a computer equipped with a fingerprint reader or facial recognition, you can protect your password manager beyond just the master password.

Most password managers let you secure your password vault via your device's own biometric means of identification.

Many people who use password managers worry that their passwords will be exposed if someone hacks into their account.

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