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50% write their passwords down in a notebook or sticky note near their computer[1]

1% use a password manager[1]

[1]%100 of these stats are assumed

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Notebook is a password manager

...which stores passwords in unencrypted plain text.

(Admittedly, the database is behind a very strong network firewall.)

even better: it's airgapped

I don't remember where I read it, but someone advocated for writing down passwords because people are very accustomed to, and pretty decent at, keeping physical items safe.

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