Passwords – hated or celebrated?
Passwords has 0 counted ballots in the last 30 days, too few for a reading. The reading appears at 10. The outside measurements below are what exists.
16 Aug 2026 to 14 Sept 2026 · model v1.0 · no snapshot yet
The reading
0 counted ballots · no reading until 10
Source: hateorcelebrate.com · open online vote, self-selected, not a poll · n = 0 · 30 days to 14 Sept 2026
Your verdict
One ballot per browser per day, counted the moment it lands. This is the same ballot and the same dedupe as the daily card; there is no second, weaker vote path on this page.
Technology
Passwords
Where do you land?
No counted ballots yet, yours would be the first
Open online vote, self-selected — not a poll.
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Reading history
One point per day, each of them the 30-day window ending that day. A day with no snapshot is a gap in the line, never a line drawn through it.
History starts when seven daily snapshots exist with a reading.
Daily snapshots with a reading so far: 0. A snapshot is written once a day and carries a reading only once the subject has ten counted ballots in the window.
Distribution
Ballots shown
No counted ballots in the last 30 days. Nothing is drawn, because there is nothing to draw.
- Counted, this subject, 30 days
- 0
- Counted, this subject, all time
- 0
- Quarantined pending review, this subject
- 0
- Excluded from every public number, site-wide
- 7
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Prior readings
Every row below is quoted as its publisher published it, with a link to the source and the date it was read.
| Publisher | Field dates | n | Question asked | Result as published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pew Research CenterAccessed 2026-09-14 | 15 May 2023to 21 May 2023 | 5,101 | Whether people typically choose passwords that are more secure even if harder to remember, or easier to remember even if less secure. The short read summarises rather than printing the verbatim question stem. | "Only half of adults say they typically choose passwords that are more secure, even if they are harder to remember. A slightly smaller share (46%) opts for passwords that are easier to remember, even if they are less secure." |
| Pew Research CenterAccessed 2026-09-14 | 15 May 2023to 21 May 2023 | 5,101 | How Americans feel about keeping track of their passwords, and how they store them. |
Why people split
Passwords divide people because the two things a password has to be are in direct conflict, and Pew's May 2023 survey caught the population splitting almost exactly along that line: half of US adults said they typically choose passwords that are more secure even if they are harder to remember, while 46% said they choose passwords that are easier to remember even if they are less secure. The pressure behind that choice is volume rather than any single login - about seven in ten Americans (69%) said they are overwhelmed by the number of passwords they have to keep track of, and 45% said they feel anxious about whether their passwords are strong and secure. The tool that resolves the conflict is still a minority habit: the share saying they use a password manager rose from 20% in 2019 to 32% in 2023. Until that flips, most people are choosing between forgetting things and being insecure, and they split roughly evenly on which is worse.
Source: How Americans feel about and manage data privacy: Key findings. Added 2026-09-14.
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Passwords: 0 counted ballots and no reading yet (a reading is published at 10; 30 days to 14 Sept 2026, open online vote, self-selected, not a poll), hateorcelebrate.com/s/passwords, model v1.0. https://hateorcelebrate.com/s/passwords
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The record
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- v1.0
- Tier
- No reading · 10 more for a reading
- Last snapshot
- None written yet
- Collecting since
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