Around 17 per cent citizens save passwords in unsafe manner, 34 per cent share them with others: Survey

Nearly a sixth of Indians have been found storing important financial passwords in an unsafe manner, findings of a recent survey published on Tuesday showed.

The survey found that around 17 per cent of those surveyed store important passwords of ATMs, debit or credit cards, bank accounts and app stores in an “unsafe” manner, including their contact list or as notes on the mobile phones making them highly vulnerable to data theft.

The survey by Localcircles consisted of over 48,000 respondents from 367 districts.