Here's the list of the 25 worst passwords from 2013 (derived from many millions of stolen passwords that were posted online), according to Splashdata:
1. 123456
2. password
3. 12345678
4. qwerty
5. abc123
6. 123456789
7. 111111
8. 1234567
9. iloveyou
10. adobe123
11. 123123
12. admin
13. 1234567890
14. letmein
15. photoshop
16. 1234
17. monkey
18. shadow
19. sunshine
20. 12345
21. password1
22. princess
23. azerty
24. trustno1
25. 000000
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6 comments:
Oh, this is great! I was running out of passwords!
Just kidding.
I usually pick something from whatever the kids' favorite TV show is and then substitute characters and caps for some of the letters. It works pretty well and it's easy for me to remember.
That's good!
It is the method most security wonks suggest. Using digits supposedly helps, and some punctuation characters - but some sites don't accept those.
They recommend 12 to 16 characters!
I still like KeePass...
@+VU47Dn^lZp
:)
I just read an article about this and was going to email it around!
I am evangelical about my password technique. You create an easy to remember sentence which naturally incorporates numbers and capitals and then take the first letter (or use numbers) from each word.
So if you used (which I haven't, don't worry):
The Dallas Cowboys have won the Super Bowl 8 times
becomes
TDChwtSB8t
Or,
My husband's name is Mark and he is 39 years old
becomes
MhniMahi39yo
Which are pretty good passwords and as long as you remember your sentence you're fine. AND if you have a work password that you have to change every month, you can incorporate a number into the sentence that is either the month you're in, or month and year, etc which you can change while everything else stays the same.
Mark and I have taken it a step further and created a sentence that incorporates the name of the site we're using it for, so every password is unique, but it's not hard to remember. And even better, if one of us sets up a new account, the other instantly knows what the password is.
I love our system.
(We didn't make it up, of course - I read about it in a Slate article a couple years ago).
I saw this article too and instantly thought about Dad! :)
Jessica -- I like your system! I have a hard time remembering which password goes with what - especially on all our servers at work, which expire at different times, so they are all different.
So when are the hackers going to be able to break thru and emulate all these same tricks that we use?? Maybe in about 5 years, 12345 will be the safest password! ;)
I like your system too. I can use mine easily for work, because we only have one password for all our links (I have a database password that doesn't change, but you have to have the software on your computer to break in, and no one wants to break into an indexing database anyway!)
Once we're all wearing Google glass, I'll have to hide the paper folder that has all my passwords and usernames on it...
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