One fifth of the surveyed participants from the United States and the United Kingdom always created unique passwords with more than 12 characters. By contrast, ten percent of respondents never created passwords that long in 2021.
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CybSafe. (September 1, 2021). Frequency of creating passwords over 12-character long and strong in the U.S. and in the U.K. in 2021 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 24, 2026, from /statistics/1305222/frequency-of-creating-strong-passwords-uk-us/
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