Passwords should be a safeguard, not a hindrance

"Password incorrect" was the repeated response when I tried to connect my wife's new device onto our home WiFi the other day. After racking my brain and making numerous attempts, I finally made it.

It was not the first time I forgot a password I preset, and I'm sure it will not be the last either.

An incomplete count shows I have to remember around 20 codes or passwords for e-mail, bank cards, Alipay and WeChat online payments, stock accounts and more. It's already a headache for me. Still, security experts have repeatedly advised us to regularly change our passwords and use complicated ones, in a bid to make everything secure.