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Passwords are still important for protecting computer accounts, but they're also still misunderstood. Here are the password ...

Passwords are, for the moment at least, still a security pain in the ass that just won’t go away. Not for the want of trying, and the efforts of Apple, Google and Microsoft, together with the Fido ...

Many organisations make staff regularly change their computer passwords for security reasons. Now the US government is saying those who make and run software and online tools should stop the practice.