Results: Password protected
Every day we are required to remember more pins and passwords for every site we access, every bank we deal with, credit cards, cloud storage, computer access, emails, alarm system, etc. So many security measures seem to be great but can easily become a nightmare. Let's see how helpful or complicated have passwords been for you.
1.
1.
Please choose which devices you own and are password protected:
Smartphone
37%
•
666 votes
Table
22%
•
387 votes
Laptop
54%
•
979 votes
PC
42%
•
746 votes
N/A
17%
•
300 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
•
21 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.23% | 7 | |
| tablet | 0.23% | 7 |
| Gun safe | 0.03% | 1 |
| Tablet and E-reader | 0.03% | 1 |
| home alarm system | 0.03% | 1 |
| flipphone | 0.03% | 1 |
| kindle | 0.03% | 1 |
| Gaming systems | 0.03% | 1 |
| Own smartphone, tablet and laptop but don't password protect any of them | 0.03% | 1 |
2.
2.
Did you ever have difficulties to recover a password? Yes
40%
•
717 votes
No
46%
•
834 votes
Not Applicable
14%
•
246 votes
3.
3.
Have you ever forgotten a password that brought you a big problem right away? (as your pin to deactivate the alarm system, your bank access getting blocked, being unable to access an urgent email, etc) Yes
30%
•
547 votes
No
53%
•
961 votes
Not Applicable
16%
•
289 votes
4.
4.
Do you work with password protected files? Yes
29%
•
520 votes
No
48%
•
871 votes
Not Applicable
23%
•
406 votes
5.
5.
If you are not using a password in a device like a cellphone, tablet or computer, does it worry you that someone can easily access your personal information if it's stolen or lost? Yes
29%
•
518 votes
No
29%
•
521 votes
Not Applicable
42%
•
758 votes
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