How well do popular sites protect your passwords?

According to a recent study by Dashlane, makers of a web-oriented password manager, Apple.com does the best job of protecting your passwords online.

The study ranked one hundred of the most popular web sites on their ability to encourage or require the use of strong passwords, to assist users in selecting strong passwords, and on their policies in relation to storing and displaying or emailing passwords. Microsoft and NewEgg scored highly, and Major League Baseball scored worst.

About jrivett

Jeff Rivett has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s. His first computer was an Apple II+, built by his father and heavily customized. Jeff's writing appeared in Computist Magazine in the 1980s, and he created and sold a game utility (Ultimaker 2, reviewed in the December 1983 Washington Apple Pi Journal) to international markets during the same period. Proceeds from writing, software sales, and contract programming gigs paid his way through university, earning him a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) degree at UWO. Jeff went on to work as a programmer, sysadmin, and manager in various industries. There's more on the About page, and on the Jeff Rivett Consulting site.

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