Japanese Password Usage

Always love to check out new web2.0 services and do a lot of registrations and signing up but always find myself forgetting the passwords.
I do have applications which encrypt and store my passwords but are a pain to open.

Been trying to think of an easy way to manage passwords as I (and recommend you to) use a different password/username for every website I use.
The reason is that if you use the same combination, all it takes is to have a malicious employee to get hold of your details and gain access to all your other services.

For example, 25% of Japanese internet users choose the same password as their username - 87% said they use the same username/password combination for all the different sites they use. if you are doing the same then consider changing the way you choose user/pass combinations before its too late.
Read more from this survey at What Japan Thinks.

Also from the survey, because most use the same combination, only 9.2 of users said that they frequently forgot their password.

And just in case you are wondering - no I cant see your password as its encrypted the moment you register at dc.com.

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