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Sead Fadilpašić

A shockingly high number of us are still reusing passwords — and lots are even writing them down

A padlock resting on a keyboard.

Despite security experts constantly warning about the risks of reusing passwords, a shockingly high number of people still do just that - and to make matters worse, many are even writing them down on pieces of paper that can easily fall into the wrong hands.

A new report from password management firm Bitwarden surveying 2,400 individuals from the US, UK, Australia, France, Germany, and Japan, ahead of World Password Day (May 2), on their password practices found a quarter admitted to reusing passwords across 11-20+ accounts.

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