With the start of a new year we all make resolutions on ways to make our lives better. The symbolism of the calendar odometer rolling over seems like the best first day of our new lives and why not, we all need to refresh and kick some old habits only start new ones.

So in the spirit of New Year’s resolutions I recommend you change your passwords. Exciting right? Well maybe not exciting but none the less important. Think about it, when was the last time you changed your passwords?

According to a non-scientific poll at geeksurgar.com only 16% of people change their password on a regular basis. Half of the respondents say they change their passwords only when they worry if it’s been compromised. That doesn’t sound safe, waiting to close the barn door after all the animals have left. Maybe you can be different, you can be that one person that changes their passwords on a regular basis and doesn’t keep them listed under their keyboard or on a document called “passwords”.

So there you go, a New Year’s resolution for us all. Change your passwords, all of them, so we can have a fun and hopefully a hacked free 2010.