There are indeed significant differences in password setting habits of users of different ages, which are mainly determined by technical familiarity, security awareness and life scenarios. The following is a summary based on research and common behaviors： --- ### **1. Teenagers (13-18 years old)** -**Mode features**： -Frequent use of interest-related content (such as game terms, idol names, anime characters, etc.), such as `Minecraft123`, `BTS_2024`. - Tend to simple structure: short password (6-8 digits), repeated characters (`111aaa`) or keyboard path (`qwerty`). -Social platform abbreviations or code words (such as `lololol', 'idkwhy`). -**Risk**: It is easy to be cracked by social engineering, and multiple platforms share the same password. --- ### **2. Young people (19-35 years old)** -**Mode features**： -Mixed personalized information: birthday + partner name (`Jake1997`), location + year ('tokyo2020`). -Try, but the mode is fixed: uppercase first letter + number + symbol ('Coffee! 23`), but variants may be reused. -Pop culture references (such as `Wakanda4ever`, 'Brexit2020`). -**Risk**: Relying on memory leads to password reuse, and the vulnerability affects multiple accounts. --- ### **3. Middle-aged people (36-55 years old)** -**Mode features**： -Life-related combinations: child's name + year of birth (`Emma2005`), anniversary (`Oct12 @ Wedding`). -Occupation-related terms (`Budget2024$', 'Marketing#1'`. -The length is slightly longer but the structure is simple ('summer house789`). -**Risk**: Personal information is easy to obtain from social media, and the frequency of password updates is low. --- ### **4. Elderly (over 56 years old)** -**Mode features**： -Highly dependent on easy-to-remember information: phone number fragments, old address ('muberrySt_65`). -Traditional phrases or proverbs ('sunshine$1','ILoveYou2`). -Record the password book by hand, and tend to use the default password (such as `Password123`). -**Risk**: Vulnerable to phishing attacks, two-factor authentication is rarely enabled. --- ###** Common risks across age groups** -**Regularity**: Continuous numbers/letters (`123456`,`abcdef`) are used in all ages. -**Reuse**: More than 70% of users admit to sharing passwords for multiple accounts (according to the "2023 Data Breach Report"). -**Response suggestions**： -Enable password managers (such as Bitwarden, 1Password). -Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is mandatory. -Regularly check for password leaks (through tools such as Have I Been Pwned). --- If you need to further analyze the password behavior of specific groups, you can refer to academic research (such as Carnegie Mellon's password security research) or third-party survey reports (such as NordPass annual password statistics).