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Gen Z lags on securing professional accounts A mere six percent of them are extremely likely to engage in password reuse, while 31% of them are very likely to reuse a password. The prize for best password reuse habits goes to the Boomers, however.

Only 11% of Gen Xers are extremely likely to reuse a password, and 26% of them are very likely to do it. Gen X appears to care about password security quite a bit. Only 14% of Millennials report that they’re extremely likely to engage in this behavior, while 37% of them are very likely to reuse a password.Īs it turns out, the older generations are more careful about password reuse. As Beyond Identity found, 24% of Gen Z people are extremely likely to reuse a password and 34% of them are very likely to do it. But who is most likely to re-use their passwords? Spoiler alert: it’s not who you think.ĭespite our prevailing cultural stereotype of Boomers as hapless when it comes to password security, it’s actually Gen Z that is the most prone to password reuse. Most of us know that password reuse puts us at risk of a data breach, personal identity theft, and a whole host of cyber crimes. What’s more, one in ten people have been using their passwords since middle or high school. Gen Z leads the pack in password reuseĪccording to research from Beyond Identity, more than 46% of respondents were very or extremely likely to reuse a password across multiple platforms. Here’s a look at password habits across generations and what we can learn from generational trends in password security. With that in mind, it’s time to find out once and for all which generation is the password champion, who has room for improvement, and what each generation can teach the others. Of course, all generations have spent more time online during the pandemic, so maybe password habits have shifted a bit during the past year.

Who has the best password habits? Is it Gen Z, our first generation of true digital natives? What about Millennials, who grew up in the analog era but are also very tech-savvy? Where do the latchkey kids of Gen X fit into this equation? And what about our beloved Boomers – are they really as clueless about password security as TV shows and movies would have us believe?