Thirty-four percent of internet users aged 65 and older indicate they have never heard of two-factor authentication, compared to 10 percent of 25- to 45-year-olds. This last age group knows most often what this login method is: 83 percent of them know what it is, compared to 48 percent of those aged 65 and older.
At 42 percent, people aged 65 and older use two-factor authentication the least often. Internet users aged 25 to 45 use it most often for all accounts where possible (32 percent). Among those aged 65 and older, this is 18 percent.
Of the 25- to 45-year-old internet users who do not use two-factor authentication, 33 percent say they dont feel like it or think it takes too much time. People aged 65 and older often find this login method too difficult (29 percent) or have never heard of it (40 percent).
Men use two-factor authentication more often for all possible accounts than women (30 percent versus 24 percent). When women do not use two-factor authentication, they more often say they find it too difficult or dont know how to do it. Men who do not use it more often find it unnecessary.
People with higher professional education and university degrees relatively often indicate that they use two-factor authentication for all accounts where possible. People with primary education or a VMBO diploma more often indicate they have never heard of two-factor authentication.
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