This is the world you live in

Death of the Password

It’s estimated that 640 Terabytes of data are transferred over the internet every minute!

Along with the music and movies you stream, you also transfer pieces of sensitive information every time you go online

Data you transfer over the internet probably looks something similar to this

And your most sensitive data most likely looks like this

All of it is protected by that one password you use on every website, and that other password you use to access your online banking.

Look familiar?

123456the most used password in the world in 2013

There is little you, as an average user, can do about this

Or this…

110 million consumers’ personal information, including credit card numbers, was stolen in 2013

But you can do your part, and it starts with your password

What can you do

Install a password manager. A long random password is better than a short complex password

Change your passwords often

Check credit card activity often and always

Passwords will do for now, but they will not do in the future. They are too easily cracked

Our individual bodies will be the keys to our data in the future

Finger print scanning technology is starting to become more and more common, but this is only the first step

Within your lifetime you will use your own DNA as a password

Until then, keep in mind that everything you store online is vulnerable to theft

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Sources

http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/15/5613704/the-plot-to-kill-the-password

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/08/not-an-option-time-for-companies-to-embrace-security-by-default/

http://www.techspot.com/news/52011-one-minute-on-the-internet-640tb-data-transferred-100k-tweets-204-million-e-mails-sent.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10587694/Worst-password-of-2013-was-123456-according-to-new-research.html

http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/23/5744616/nsa-capturing-nearly-all-afghanistan-phone-calls

http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/04/heartbleed-bug-exploited-to-steal-taxpayer-data/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/ebay-hack-underscores-need-for-a-more-secure-internet-1.2650400