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The Password Dilemma

According to a Security Magazine poll conducted this past May 2020 over 50% of users are likely using the same passwords for multiple applications, technologies, or services. In other words, it does not matter how strong your password is if you have devices with poorly built-in security that will give it away with minor resistance. A better approach would be to have different passwords for different technologies or services. You can choose passwords based on the degree of importance of the data the password is linked to. In other words, passwords for a simple smart light switch application that is not saving any personal data, credit card, or other payment info might be simpler than a password for a banking application. As long as the passwords are different, one password is not a variation of the other, this password separation will prevent any potential breach of one technology or service from exposing all of your credentials. Unfortunately, the downside to this approach is convenien