If you have one password for multiple accounts, you may need to think again

A survey was conducted in the US to understand the beliefs and behaviour of online security

According to a survey conducted by Google, young people are considered to being overconfident when it comes to the safety of their online accounts.

According to Harris Poll that surveyed about 3,000 adults stated that 78 per cent of the Gen Z (16-23-year-olds) use the same password for multiple accounts.

The survey was conducted in the US to understand the beliefs and behaviour of online security.



"People shouldn’t have to be security experts to be safe online — they shouldn’t need to understand what a security certificate is, or need to remember complex passwords for each of their accounts," Emily Schechter, a product manager for Chrome Security at Google, told Mashable.

60 per cent of those who fall in the 50 plus bracket are thought to have a similar password for multiple accounts while 67 per cent of the 25-49-year-olds also do the same.

When users are setting their password, they are asked to look at certain guidelines that they must follow which also includes a limit on characters, a symbol and sometimes they are also required to put in a number.

Phishing is a fraudulent attempt to gain password and enter one's account. The young adults confident about their online account security scam as 71 per cent of Generation Z are sure they will not ever fall pretty to a phishing scam which only 44 per cent knew what it means. However, 25-49-year-olds and Baby Boomers aren’t confident about the scam but at least they knew what phishing means.



Only 76 per cent of the 16-23-year-olds have two-step verification enabled while the 62 per cent of Baby Boomers and 74 per cent of 25-29-year-olds know about this and use this security feature.

If you don’t have your two-step verification enabled or have the same password for all accounts because it’s easier to remember, you might want to reconsider.

This article originally appeared on Mashable.