Passwords in 2026: Still Necessary, Still Annoying, and Still Causing Trouble

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Letโ€™s start Letโ€™s start with the truth no one likes to admit: Passwords are terrible. They are inconvenient, confusing, easy to mess up, and somehow still responsible for most security problems on the internet. And yet โ€” here we are in 2026 โ€” still using them.