Timeline for Why doesn't everyone use a password manager?
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| Feb 15, 2016 at 21:59 | comment | added | John | @Kyth'Py1k mosts people that I know, that are not working in IT see it as some sort of auto-complete. But as they don't know how and why the browser remembers passwords, they want to remember their password. That is also why most people still use simple passwords, so they can remember them. | |
| Feb 15, 2016 at 19:07 | comment | added | Kelmikra | They don't really need to think of a password, as they could randomly mash their keyboard. Also, why would they want to remember the password? Isn't that inconvenient? | |
| Feb 14, 2016 at 19:11 | comment | added | John | @Kyth'Py1k convenience, simple as that. Even when they don't have to remember it, they need to think of a password. I also guess that most people would still like to remember the password and not rely on the password manager. | |
| Feb 14, 2016 at 17:44 | comment | added | Kelmikra | "This also answers why people don't use password managers shipped with browsers. If they don't know about that feature and it is disable by default, then how should they use it? In case were it is enabled by default I would think that the statement is false and it would be used very often (this depends on the browser though)." If that is the case, then why don't more people use stronger passwords? As far as I know, Chrome by default asks to save your passwords, so there does not seem to be any cost of making a more secure password. But people still don't. Why? | |
| Feb 14, 2016 at 17:17 | history | answered | John | CC BY-SA 3.0 |