They can probably set up a printer faster, but look elsewhere for cryptography advice

Gen Z can get off their digital high horses because their passwords are no more secure than their grandparents'.

According to NordPass, there is no real difference between the security of those used by the younger generation and their supposedly tech-illiterate ancestors.

In fact, the security company's analysis of passwords this year shows the most common choice among those born in 1997 and younger was weaker than almost every other generation… by one digit.

"12345" was the top choice among Zoomers this year, whereas the far superior "123456" was preferred by Millennials, Gen X, and Boomers. So much for the "digital native" title often handed to the youngest generation.

And while there were a few more "skibidis" among the Zoomer dataset compared to those who came before them, the trends were largely similar.

...read more at theregister.com