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Survey: Do You Share Your Passwords?

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AT:Home Tech reader Juice wants to know...I'm curious: Do people share their passwords with their spouse/ significant other? I'd be tickled pink to see a poll on this subject.

Well Juice, you asked for it, so here it goes...

 
 

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I do not share my personal password, but we have a password that we use for joint access sites.

posted by Craig on April 16th 2007 at 7:10am
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I have neither a spouse nor significant other, but have shared my password, PIN, etc. with a select few close friends.

posted by ATL on April 16th 2007 at 7:15am
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we share some - like for our bills that are only in one person's name

posted by elizabeth in AL on April 16th 2007 at 7:18am
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No. But not because of privacy issues. My SO hates tech.

posted by ebrown on April 16th 2007 at 7:24am
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As someone who does tech support for a living, I can tell you that sharing your passwords can potentially lead to headache and trouble. This is true both for you and the tech support agent who has to straighten out your account after your jilted ex-lover logs in and changes/deletes everything.

Only do it if you're in a committed, long-term relationship. Don't give it out to your gf/bf of two months. ;)

posted by verily on April 16th 2007 at 9:44am
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i share some of my passwords with my SO but not all of them. Some passwords I have are just work related passwords.

posted by the big d on April 16th 2007 at 9:49am
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Yes, but its on an as needed basis. We both switch our passwords regularly (as you should too), so don't always keep the other person updated. It's not from a privacy issue, but just from a time issue.

posted by Mary Robinette Kowal on April 16th 2007 at 9:51am
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HELL no. It's not that we don't trust each other, we just respect each other's privacy. No matter how involved we are with each other, we are still separate people and still need some things to be separate. Plus, as mentioned above, if we ever break up? The ramifications could be horrifying. Remember War of the Roses?

posted by gretchenkjer on April 17th 2007 at 6:01am
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