Bad News for OpenID: People Still Using Same Password Everywhere
A new survey from Gartner Research delivers some bad news regarding our online security practices: two-thirds of U.S. consumers use the same one or two passwords for all the web sites they access. And they like it that way. Although people claim they're concerned about security, they still tend to use unsafe password management techniques rather than exploring new methods - be that new hardware, software, or new authentication frameworks like OpenID.
Gartner's survey of 4000 U.S. adults in September 2008, once again demonstrated people's tendencies to opt for convenience over security. It's a trend that has stayed fairly consistent over the years despite the fact that increasing amounts of activity occurs online these days thanks to the upwards growth of cloud computing.
According to Gregg Kreizman, research director at Gartner, "most consumers want to continue managing their passwords they way they do now." But the way they do now is nothing to brag about. It generally consists of one or two passwords which the consumer uses on every web site they encounter.
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who can remember 10 different passwords? So you would have to write them all down, right? Then what happens if that paper gets lost or stolen. Either way, there is risk involved so why not stay with convenience and have only 2-4 pws.
-jack