Teens and young adults may be considered more tech-savvy than
their elders, but when it comes to password security, wisdom
comes with age. According to a new study conducted by the
University of Cambridge, people over the age of 55 are more
likely to choose secure passwords than those under 25. Computer
scientist Joseph Bonneau, who analyzed password data from 70
million Yahoo users, found that Internet users older than 55
select passwords that are twice as strong teens and young
adults. The findings come from the largest study ever conducted
on password security. "There is a general trend towards better
password selection with users’ age, particularly against online
attacks, where password strength increases smoothly across
different age groups by about a bit between the youngest users
and the oldest users," Bonneau wrote in his report. He noted
that language also has an impact on password strength. For
example, passwords selected by Indonesian-speaking users were
among the weakest, while German and Korean-s